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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
ber, 1899. The nest was built in amass of tangled vines and sticks, hanging from a Booyong tree 
(Tarrvietia actinophylla), and at an altitude of 60 feet. Taken by W. McEnerny and Sid. W. Jackson, 
Set of 1 egg, and measures = 1°53 x 0°97. 
This is the first egg of this interesting pigeon that I took, and it is somewhat larger and more 
rounded than the latter specimen (No. 129.) It was taken in the scrubs at Beilsdown Creek, Don 
Dorrigo, Upper Bellinger River district of New South Wales, on 12th October, 1898. Nest built in 
vines in a Red Cedar tree ( Cedvela australis), at an altitude of 45 feet. Taken by W. Williamson and 
Sid. W. Jackson. The eggs of this pigeon are exceedingly rare, and are represented in very few collec- 
tions. In the Richmond River and Byron Bay scrubs this bird is locally known as the “ Balley” or 
“ Captain Cook ” pigeon. Set of 1 egg, which gives the following measurements in inches = 1°56 x 1°12. 
NEST AND EGG OF THE TOP-KNOT PIGEON, 
Loc. Booyong Scrubs, Richmond River, N.S.W. 
(Set data No. 128, page 15.) 
ROCK PIGEON, 
elvophassa albipennis, Gould. 
Taken during an expedition into Central Australia, on 1st March, 1897. Very rare. These eggs 
are not described in A. J. Campbell’s book. This set contains 2 eggs, which are like those of others of 
our Australian pigeons. Shape elliptical, shell smooth and of a cream colour. Specimen A. measures 
= 1:06 x 080. Received from Chas. French, junr., Melbourne. 
RUFOUS SCRUB BIRD, 
Atrichia viufescens, Ramsay. 
This set of eggs is the only one known to science, and its discovery was the means of putting in 
the “keystone” to the oological arch in Australia, It is the jivst discovered, and still remains so. 
(See A. J. Campbell’s book, page 506.) So the missing link has at last been found. During my visit 
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