Data Campbell's No. of 
No 
234 
236 
237 
238 
No. in 
A.J 
Book. 
626 
596 
596 
596 
596 
Eggs 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
COMMON SANDPIPER, 
Tringotdes hypoleucus, Linnzus. 
Set of 4 eggs, taken in Northumberland, England, by W. Tristram, on 24th May, 1899. Do not 
breed in Australia. Specimen A. measures in inches = 1°47 x 1°03. 
COMB-CRESTED PARRA. 
“ HHydralector gallinaceus, Temminck. 
(The Parra is known to the aborigines of the Clarence River district as the Adid-a-warra.) 
Taken on Parra Swamp, near South Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W., on 19th November, 1894, 
by Sid. W. Jackson. Nest was placed 18 feet from the edge of the swamp, and built on weeds in 
water four feet deep. Set of 4 eggs. 
This set was taken at Caramana Swamp, South Grafton, opposite W. Anderson’s homestead, and 
contained 4 eggs, two of which have only a few markings, and make the clutch look very odd. Taken 
by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, on rst January, 1895. The nest was situated fully 100 yards from the 
edge of the swamp, and 
built in a mass of large 
floating Water-lily leaves 
(Nymphaea stellata.) Set 
of 4 eggs. Specimen A. 
measures = 1°13 X 0°85. 
This is a very hand- 
some clutch of 4 eggs, and 
is the best marked set I 
have evertaken. The nest 
was built in a mass of the 
floating leaves of the small 
white Water Lily (Marsi- 
fea), on the top end of 
Caramana Swamp, ~ near 
Gerrymberrym, Clarence 
River, N.S.W., on 4th 
January, 1897. Taken by 
NEST AND EGGS OF THE PARRA, 
On Caramana Swamp, Clarence River, N.S.W. The eggs will be found just below 
the white cross. 
Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. (See data No. 237.) 
The white cross, which I 
have placed in the accompanying illustration, is just above the nest containing the four eggs. It will 
be noticed that the lily leaves, in shape, resemble a set of four eggs, on account of the petals being so 
pyriform. Specimen A. measures = 1'19 x o'8s. 
This is a very dark clutch of four, and was taken by A. Amos and Frank T. A. Jackson on Parra 
Swamp, near the White Bridge, South Grafton, N.S.W., on 27th October, 1892, and is one of the first 
sets that passed into my possession. During January of 1891 I found a small portion of shell of a 
Parra’s egg in the mud on the edge of a swamp near Grafton, and the curious markings on it set me 
thinking, and I made investigations at once, and the duck shooters informed me that it belonged to the 
long-toed Cobweb bird, or Parra. I then communicated with the Sydney Museum on the matter, and 
received particulars ve the bird and its habits and eggs, etc., and was informed that they built their 
nests on the swamps, and laid four handsome eggs. The latter information was encouraging, and con- 
firmed that supplied to me by the duck shooters. It was not long before I had luck, and early in 1892 
forwarded a set to the latter institution, which the Curator was very pleased to receive. For my notes 
on this bird also, see A. J. Campbell’s book on “‘ Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds,” page 774, and 
the accompanying illustration of nest, etc. The eggs are undoubtedly among the most remarkable in 
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