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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
avundinacea), and lined with down. I found another nest on same date containing eleven eggs, but 
which a bush fire had unfortunately passed over, and half roasted, and so were rendered useless as 
specimens. An egg in the clutch under notice measures in inches = 2°15 x 1°49. Beautiful clutch. 
FRECKLED DUCK, 
Stictonetta nevosa, Gould. 
This rare egg, which was addled, I took from a nest containing 7 young birds. The nest was 
built in a clump of Sida retusa, near a swamp at Caramana, near Grafton, N.S.W. This is only the 
second egg of this species that I have been fortunate enough to find. Taken by Sid. W. Jackson and 
an aboriginal named Nymboi Jack, on the 11th of November, 1892. It measures in inches = 2°40 
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WHITE-EYED DUCK, 
Nyvoca australis, Gould. 
This rare egg was taken from a nest, from which the bird was shot as it left it. We saw the bird 
fly away suddenly from a clump of Burney Weed or Smart Grass (Polygonum lapathifolium ), but never 
for the moment dreamt that it had a nest, as we had so frequently been disappointed on former occa- 
sions in rushing to places from which this species flew, and so much so that we naturally concluded 
they did not breed in the district. But imagine our surprise to find that it had actually flown from its 
nest, when W. McEnerny pointed the gun and fired. Taken onthe znd of September, 1893, by W. 
and J. McEnerny and Sid. W. Jackson, at Sportsman Swamp, South Grafton, N.S.W. Only one egg, 
which measures = 2°27 x 1°63. 
WHITE-QUILLED GOOSE TEAL, 
Nettopus albipennis, Gould. 
This pair of rare eggs was taken from the hollow spout of a tree, standing in a swamp in the 
Nicholson River district of North-west Queensland, by C. Woodlands, on the 25th of March, 1898. 
He has enriched this collection with many rare eggs from the Gulf of Carpentaria, but I consider this 
one of the most welcome acquisitions, though one of simplex munditiis, We frequently observed these 
beautiful birds in the Clarence District of New South Wales, but were never fortunate in finding a nest. 
We often visited the old dead Eucalyptus tree standing near the homestead of the late Jas. F. Wilcox, 
at “ Dallinga,’’ South Grafton, and in a spout of this tree eight young birds were reared some 25 years 
ago, 1882, but our visits were always for nothing, not even a sight of any of the birds being obtained. 
I possess a fine pair of these birds (¢ and ?), which were shot ona Clarence River swamp during 
1895. Specimen A. measures in inches = 2°16 x 1°52. Specimen B. measures = 2°15 x 1°57. 
GREY TEAL, 
Nettion gibbevifrons, Miiller. 
Perfect clutch of 9 eggs, taken from the edge of Duck Swamp, South Graton, N.S.W., on the 15th 
September, 1898, by W. McEnerny, J. McEnerny, Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. The nest was lined 
with down, and placed in long Smart Grass (Polygonum lapthifolium), not far from the water. The eggs 
of this set have a pale greenish tinge. We found a nest of this species placed in a hollow limb only on 
one occasion. An average specimen of this set measures = 2°07 x 1°40. 
TEAL, 
Nettion castaneum, Eyton. 
Set of 9 eggs, taken on the roth of November, 1896, at the back of the swamp known as Duck 
Swamp, which, after heavy rains, is a very extensive sheet of water, and is situated near South Grafton, 
in the Clarence River district. ‘The nest was placed in the hollow of a burnt out stump, near Layton’s 
farm, and the eggs were quite hidden in the mass of down. These eggs are of the usual creamy colour, 
and an average specimen of the set measures in inches = 1°96 x 1°45. ‘Taken by Sid. W. Jackson. 
They were somewhat incubated. 
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