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Data Campbell's No. of 
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227 
228 
229 
230 
231 
232 
233 
No. in 
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612 
613 
595 
594 
573 
610 
Eggs. 
2 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken from among broken lumps of dried mud, on the edge of Parra Swamp, near 
Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W., by Sid. W. Jackson, on 9th November, 1895. Eggs were all covered 
with dry mud when found, 
Clutch of 3 eggs, taken by Sid. W. Jackson, at Caramana, Clarence River, N.S.W., 12th March, 
1897. The birds were numerous about the Clarence River swamps, and we found many of their eggs 
there. I have known this bird to even roll its eggs in mud, no doubt with the view of protecting them 
from observation, for when dry they exactly resembled the ground upon which they were deposited. 
Only quite recently a very interesting case respecting this active little bird was brought under my notice 
by a friend, for whom I can vouch for the authenticity of the story, He stated that on the roof of 
one of the sheds, on a large sheep station near Cunnamulla, South-west Queensland, a pair of these 
birds had selected a most peculiar site for their nest, the eggs actually being laid on the accumulated 
sand and dirt in the guttering on the roof of the shed, and the hen sat thereon quite contented in her 
elevated position. [t is indeed very strange that this species, above all others, should associate itself 
with those of our other domestic bird pets, and is the only case of the kind that I have yet heard of. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°06 x o'82. 
HOODED DOTTBERELL, 
vE-gialitis cucullata, Vieillot. 
Clutch of 3 eggs, taken by D. Le, Souéf, on King Island, Bass Straits, on 18th October, 1890. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°45 x rI'04. 
ORIENTAL PRATINCOLBE, 
Glareola ortentalts, Leach. 
This rare egg was taken from the edge of Duck Swamp, near Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W., on 
29th October, 1898, by Sid. W. Jackson. The bird was watched for a considerable time by the aid of 
field glasses before the nest was located. It answered Gould’s description correctly, and to make sure 
of no error, the egg was forwarded to G. A. Keartland, in Melbourne, to compare it with specimens 
taken in Pegu, Lower Burmah, and it proved to be quite correct. This is the first and only egg of this 
bird, so far as is known, that has ever been taken in Australia. The egg was laid on a dried up belt of 
ground on the border of the above swamp, and had incubation about three days old. G. A. Keartland, 
of Melbourne, saw great flocks of these birds near North-west Australia, in 1897, and procured several 
skins at the Fitzroy River there, yet the eggs in his collection came from Akyab, Burmah, where they 
were collected in 1885. This egg measures in inches = 1:26 x ovgt. 
PRATINCOLE, 
Stiltia tsabella. Vieillot. 
One egg, taken on the edge of a dry belt of swamp land, at Caramana, South Grafton, N.S.W., on 
3oth October, 1898, by Sid. W. Jackson. I never saw this rare species in the locality before, and 
the Pratincoles are, therefore, quite strangers in the Clarence River district. This egg measures = 
1°23 X 0°92. 
PLAIN WANDERER, 
Pedtonomus torguatus, Gould. 
This set of 3 rare eggs was taken by Chas. Gabriel, in a paddock at St. Arnaud, Victoria, on 6th 
November, 1900. These eggs are now very scarce, and several collectors of many years standing still 
have them on their lists of desiderata. The eggs are very pyriform, Specimen A. measures = 1:22 
xX 0°94. 
RINGED DOTTERELL, 
-Egialitis hiaticola, Liuneus. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken in Swordle, Scotland on 28th April, 1883. Do not breed in Australia. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°41 x 1°03. 
