No. in 
A.J. 
Data Campbell’s No. of 
No. Book. Eggs. 
211 —_— 3 
212 561 9 
213 568 4 
214 565 5 
215 57° 3 
216 566 4 
217 5672 
218 572 2 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION, 
NORTHERN SWAMP QUAIL, 
Synecus cervinus, Gould. 
(Sp. 490, Gould's Handbook.) 
Taken on the grassy banks of the Nicholson River, North-west Queensland, by C. Woodlands, on 
17th August, 1897. Set of 3 eggs, almost devoid of markings. 
STUBBLE QUAIL, 
Coturnix pectoralis, Gould. 
Clutch of 9 eggs, taken at Riverview, near Grafton, N.S.W., on 9th December, 1896. These birds 
seem to confine themselves to cultivated areas of land; every nest I have seen has been built in a crop 
of oats, pannican grass, or lucerne. Taken by Sid. W. Jackson. Specimen A. measures = 1.22 x 0°92. 
PAINTED QUAIL, 
Turnix varia, Latham. 
Taken from under a tuft of grass, at the side of a track up a mountain opposite “ Ashleigh,” at 
Ourimbah, near Gosford, N.S.W., on gth December, 1905. Taken by Sid. W. Jackson. Set of 4 eggs. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°22 x 0°88. 
CHESTNUT-BELLIED OR KING QUAIL, 
Excalfactoria lineata, Scopoli. 
Beautiful clutch of 5 eggs, of the light green ground colour variety, taken in the lucerne paddock 
on S. Trimble’s farm at Booyong, Richmond River scrubs, N.S8.W., on 26th October, 1899. This is 
the first set of these eggs I have taken of the green ground variety, all others having been of the usual 
yellowish green or olive ground. Taken by W. McEnerny and Sid. W. Jackson. I have also found 
these birds in the swampy localities at Dee Why, north of Manly, near Sydney, where they were at 
one time very common. Specimen A. measures = 1°02 X 0°77. 
RED-CHESTED QUAIL, 
Turnix pyrrhothorax, Gould. 
Taken by C. Reid and Sid. W. Jackson, at Beatson’s yards, Hawthorneyille, South Grafton, 
N.S.W., on 17th December, 1893. Set of 3 eggs. Specimen A. of this rare clutch of eggs measures 
= 0795 x 0°76. 
BLACK-BACKED QUAIL, 
Turnix maculosa, Temminck. 
This set of 4 eggs was really the commencement of the “ Jacksonian Oological Collection,” as they 
are the first eggs I collected of our native birds, and it was through possessing this clutch that I was 
first induced to start a collection. This set was taken by me at the South Pine River, north-east of 
Brisbane, Queensland, on 20th December, 1883, the nest being built of grass and placed on the ground 
in a field of what is locally known about Brisbane as “ pannican grass.” The eggs are unfortunately 
end blown, but nevertheless they are perfect specimens, and the holes are hard to detect, as they were 
very neatly made. I have seen these birds often in the Clarence River district of N.S.W., and found 
the eggs on three occasions ; one nest was placed at the foot of a Castor Oil tree (Ricinus communis), 
near Alipou Scrub, South Grafton, N.S.W. Specimen A. measures = 1°97 x 0°78. 
BLACK-BREASTED QUAIL, 
Turnix melanogaster, Gould. 
A pair of eggs taken at Gerrymberrym, near Grafton, Clarence River, by W. Anderson and Sid. 
W. Jackson, on 13th November, 1892. These are the only eggs of this bird which I have been fortu- 
nate enough to take. Specimen A. measures = 1°13 x 0°88. 
WHITE-BELLIED QUAIL, 
Turnix leucogaster, North, 
Taken by C. E. Cowle, on the Finke River, Central Australia, during August, 1899. Specimen 
A. measures = 0°97 X 0°77. 
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