A J. 
Data Campbell’s No. of 
No. 
100 
Io! 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
No. in 
Book. Eggs. 
45 
455 1 
457 °° 
457 
195 I 
m3 4 
154 4 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
FAN-TAILED CUCKOO, 
Cacomantis flabelliformis, Latham. 
Taken by Sid. W. Jackson from a nest of the Large-billed Scrub Wren (Sertcornis magnirostris), 
at Billy’s Creek, south-west of Grafton, N.S.W., on 17th October, 1898. Only the Cuckoo's egg was 
in the nest. 
NARROW-BILLED BRONZE CUCKOO, 
Chalcococcyx basalis, Horsfield. 
Taken by J. McEnerny from a nest of the Blue Wren (Malurus cyaneus), at the Orara River scrub, 
near Grafton, N.S.W., on 23rd October, 1892. 
BRONZE CUCKOO, 
Chalcococcyx plagosus, Latham. 
Taken by Sid. W. Jackson, from a nest of the Brown Fly Eater (Gerygone fusca), in Alipou scrub, 
South Grafton, N.S.W., on 16th October, 1892. 
Taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, from 
a nest of the White-throated Fly Eater, or Native 
Canary (Gerygone albigularis), at Sandgate, near 
Brisbane, Queensland, during the month of 
September, 1887. The nest was built in a 
Mangrove tree (Avicennia officinalis), growing 
in the waters of Moreton Bay, and was con. 
structed principally of wadding. This material 
we tied to a limb near the started nest, and 
the birds very wisely utilised it. I have the nest: 
RED-THROAT, 
Pyrrholemus brunnea, Gould. 
This handsome egg was taken at Laverton, 
West Australia, by C. G. Gibson, on roth July, 
1905. This is the first of this species that 
I have ever had the pleasure of seeing, and is 
the darkest egg laid by any of the Australian 
birds. It measures = 0°77 x 0°56. 
REED WARBLER, 
Acrocephalus australis, Gould. 
Taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, on 
25th November, 1892, in the reeds growing on 
the edge of Elizabeth Island, at Grafton, Clarence 
River, N.S.W. Set of 4 eggs. This bird I have 
This shows a portion of the first and second section of 
often heard whistling very sweetly on moonlight the Tree Climbing Ladder, which was used on the large 
nights. They are very plentiful along the banks trees when nesting. 
of the Clarence River, where they find a 
good supply of reeds wherein to feed and build their nests. Some localities are frequented by them 
where the reeds are absent, and the nests are then built in other growths. For instance, on 
Belltrees Station, near Scone, N.S.W., no reeds are found on the banks of the Upper Hunter River 
there, and I understand that these birds build in the Blue Weed or Wild Verbena ( Verena donariensis), 
which grows abundantly along the rich alluvial banks of that river. 
LONG-BILLED REED WARBLER, 
Acrocephalus longtrostris, Gould. 
Taken near Swan River, West Australia, by G. Dunstan, on 11th December, 1896. Set of 4 eggs. 
Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°79 x 0°57. 
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