Data 
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186 
185 
189 
190 
191 
192 
193 
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519 
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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION 
RED-BACKED PARRAKEBRT, 
Psephotus haematonotus, Gould. 
Taken by J. Hill, at Murtoa, Victoria, on 24th July, 1893. Set of 2 eggs. I saw many of these 
beautiful birds on Belltrees Station, near Scone, N.S.W., where I understand they breed freely. 
RED-VENTED PARRAKEBET, 
Psephotus hematorrhous, Gould. 
Clutch of 5 eggs, taken by J. Hill at Kewell, Victoria, on 11th November, 1893. 
YELLOW-VENTED PARRAKEBRET, 
Psephotus santhorrhous, Gould. 
Taken at Kewell, Victoria, on roth September, 1894. A single egg. I have never been able to 
obtain a full set of the eggs of this species. 
ORANGE-BELLIED GRASS 
PARRAKERT, 
Neophema chrysogastra, Latham. 
Taken by W. White at Reed Beds, near Ade- 
laide, South Australia, on 30th November, 1898. 
A single egg. 
BEAUTIFUL PARRAKEBET, 
Psephotus pulcherrimus, Gould 
Taken by C. A. Barnard, near Rockhampton, 
Queensland, 2oth May, 1896. The egg was 
deposited at the end of a tunnel, which the birds 
had made into a hillock or mound of the White 
Ant (Termites), situated on the ground. 
MANY-COLOURED PARRAKEBRT, 
Psephotus multicolor, Temminck. 
Taken by W. White, at Yorke’s Peninsula, 
South Australia, on 29th August, 1898. Set of 3 eggs. 
As usual the eggs were placed in the hollow limb 
of a tree. 
BLUE-FACED LORILET, 
Cyclopsittacus maccoyi, Gould. 
This very rare pair of eggs was taken from a 
hollow bough of an old Scrub Fig tree (Ficus), near 
Cairns, Queensland, by W. Burton, on 18th 
October, 1899. The eggs of this species appear to 
be represented in very few collections. 
Frank T. A. Jackson climbing to a nest of the Little 
Lorikeet. 
LITTLE LORIKERT. Loc., Glen Ugie Peak, Clarence River, N.S.W. 
Glossopsittacus pusillus, Shaw. (See data No. 193.) 
Set of 4 eggs, nest-stained. Taken from the 
spout of a Red Eucalypt (Eucalyptus rostrata), and at an altitude of 76 feet. Taken by J. McEnerny, 
L. Vesper, Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, near Glen Ugie Peak, Clarence River district, N.S.W., on 21st 
October, 1894. Altogether we found several sets of eggs of this beautiful Lorikeet, and most of the nests 
were placed in the hollows of round green knobs, projecting out from the limbs of the various Eucalyptus 
trees. The eggs varied from two to four for a sitting. The accompanying photograph shows my 
brother, Frank T. A. Jackson, climbing to the nest of this bird, by chopping steps into the tree with 
a tomahawk, and holding on by a green vine which has been placed around the trunk, after the fashion 
of the aborigines, at which he was an expert. 
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