No. in 
A.J. 
Data Campbell’s No. of 
No. Book. Eggs. 
ITHE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
only when a collector has to treat with nests such as this, that he realizes and knows exactly what proper 
tree climbing is, and the amount of work it involves, but not before. There is a curious thing about 
Frank T. A. Jackson up on the huge nest of 
White-bellied Sea Eagle. 
Loc., near Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W. 
(See data No. 257.) 
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the 
the photograph herewith, which depicts the robbing 
of this nest, and is, I think, worthy of explanation ; 
immediately below the nest on the left edge, will be 
seen a perfect profile of the head of King Edward 
the VII, in the V shaped fork, and facing the nest, 
and below it his body can easily be traced out, the 
coat tail going into the dead forked tree below, ana 
the space between the two trees his legs. It is a 
splendid profile of His Majesty, and it seems quite 
a strange coincidence that his figure should so 
appropriately and yet so naturally be displayed, facing 
the nest of our noble ‘King of Birds,” viz., the 
White-bellied Sea 
Eagle. We found six 
nests of this bird in 
the Clarence River 
district, but  suc- 
ceeded in getting 
eggs from only two 
of them. It is a 
grand sight to climb 
up and look into one 
of these huge nests 
or platforms, which 
usually command a 
splendid view of all 
the surrounding 
country. These birds, 
although nearly al- 
ways frequenting 
coastal country, are 
often seen as far asa 
hundred miles inland, 
and where they some- 
times breed. I have 
seen them about Syd- 
ney, and only quite 
F. T. A. Jackson coming down 
from the nest. 
recently my attention 
was directed to one 
of their nests, which was built ina tall Eucalypt on 
a rocky ridge near French’s Creek, at the head of 
Middle Harbour, near Sydney. On Susan Island, 
in the Clarence River, opposite Grafton, we saw two 
nests, and no doubt they are still there to this day. 
One of them was placed in a giant Scrub Fig tree 
(Ficus macrophylla), which measured eighteen feet in 
diameter at the base, and the other nest was built 
