Data 
No 
207 
209 
No. in 
J 
A. . 
Campbell's 
0k 
580 
582 
No. of 
Eggs 
6 
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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
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LITTLE CRAKE, 
Porzana palustris, Gould. 
This fine clutch of 6 eggs, which the accompanying photograph shows in the nest, was taken 
on Duck Swamp, Dallinga, South Grafton, Clarence River, New South Wales, on rst January, 1895, 
by A. Amos, Frank, and Sid. W. Jackson. We found several nests and sets of eggs on the latter date, 
and the eggs varied from three to six for a sitting. The nests were all built ina long swamp weed, 
which is well known as Burney or Smart Grass (Polygonum lapathifolium), and this was growing in water 
about six inches deep. We hada dog with us, and he was the means of finding most of the nests. 
During my residence of nine years in the Clarence River district, I only found these birds breeding on 
this one occasion. An average specimen of this set measures in inches = 1'04 x 0°78. 
WHITE-BROWED 
CRAKE, 
Poliolimnas cinereus, 
Vieillot. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken in 
the Nicholson River dis- 
trict, North-west Queens- 
land, by C. Woodlands, on 
3rd January, 1897. These 
appear to be rare eggs in 
collections, and, as far as I 
am able to ascertain, this is 
the only clutch that has been 
taken in Australia. The 
nest was built in grass and 
reeds on the edge of a 
Mangrove Swamp, and near 
a locality where the Jabirus 
breed regular every season. 
NEST AND CLUTCH QF SIX EGGS OF THE LITTLE CRAKE, 
Eggs in other collections Loc., Duck Swamp, Clarence River, N S.W. 
have been taken in Borneo, (See data No, 207.) 
and the specimens in the 
collection of A. J. Campbell, of Melbourne, were received from the late Dr. Kiitter, of Germany. The 
late John Gould, writing on this species, says :—“ As the nests and eggs of this species have not yet 
been discovered, they form some of the desidevata to which I would call the attention of the rising 
ornithologists of Australia, and I can assure them that the study of the eggs will greatly assist them in 
assigning the birds to which they belong to their proper genus.” (See A. J. Campbell’s book, page 750.) 
An egg of this set measures = 1°10 x 0°87. 
TASMANIAN SWAMP QUAIL, 
Synacus diemenensis, Gould. 
Taken at New Town, near Hobart, Tasmania, by M. W. Harrison, on 7th January, 1899. Set of 
13 eggs. These eggs are larger and more heavily blotched than those of Synacus australis. Specimen 
A. measures I'26 xX o'9Q9. 
BROWN QUAIL, 
Synacus australis, Temminck. 
Set of 9 eggs, taken by Sid. W. Jackson, at Caramana, South Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W., on 
gth November, 1893. Nest built in long grass, near the edge of a swamp. Specimen A. measures = 
I'd x 0°90, 
