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306 412 
367 382 
368 176 
369 175 
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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
a slight depression in the ground, with grass growing all around it. It was found by seeing the bird 
flying out of the same place several times, and, by carefully searching, at last dropped on the exact spot 
where the nest was situated. The eggs were rather heavily incubated, and are more rounded and 
heavily blotched than those of No. 363. Specimen A. measures = 0°83 x 0°68. 
RUFOUS SONG LARK, 
Cinclorhamphus rufescens, V. and H. 
Beautiful clutch of 3 eggs, taken by Sid. W. Jackson, at Hawthorneville, South Grafton, N.S.W., 
on the r2th of December, 1897. Nest was placed in long grass, and I flushed the bird from it as I 
walked about looking for other nests. I found these birds plentiful on the grassy lands of the Darling 
Downs, in Southern Queensland. An egg of this set measures in inches = 0°83 x 0°64. 
BUSH LARK, 
Mivafra horsfieldi, Gould. 
Clutch of 3 eggs, taken near Blicks River, Tyringham, 55 miles south-west of Grafton, N.S.W., 
by Sid. W. Jackson, on the 23rd of October, 1898. Two eggs are rather elongated, and Specimen A. 
of the clutch measures in inches = 0'88 x o'61. We have taken several clutches of these eggs in the 
latter locality, near the river. 
GROUND LARK, 
Anthus australis, V. and H. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken on the 31st of July, 1894, by Sid. W. Jackson, at South Grafton, N.S.W. 
These are generally the first eggs that find their way into a glass case, and form the nucleus of a collection. 
An egg of this set measures in inches = 0°87 x o'61. 
STRIATED GRASS WREN, 
Amytis strtata, Gould. 
Clutch of 2 eggs, taken by a collector engaged by T. A. Brittlebank, near the Fitzroy River, 
North-west Australia, on the 23rd of September, 1899. Specimen A. measures = 0°78 x 0°62. 
Specimen B. measures = 0°79 x 0°57. 
GRASS WREN, 
Amytis textilts, Quoy and Gaimard. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by C. E, Cowle at Illumurta, Central Australia, on the 17th of March, 1899. 
The eggs of this bird are very rare, and are represented in few collections. Specimen A. measures in 
inches = 0°82 x 0.58. Specimen B. measures = 0°82 x 0'6o. 
LITTLE FIELD WREN, 
Chthontcola sagtttata, Latham. 
Magnificent clutch of 4 eggs, taken ina grass paddock at Flemington, Sydney, on the 24th of 
November, 1906, by H. Keane. This set is of a beautiful dull cochineal red, and resembles polished 
marbles of that colour. The eggs of this bird are represented in most collections, and are the admira- 
tion of every oologist, yet I was fortunate in finding them only on one occasion. The birds are very 
plentiful in some localities near Sydney. An average specimen of this clutch measures in inches = 
0°77 Xx o'61. 
BROWN SCRUB WREN, 
Sertcornis humilis, Gould. 
Clutch of 2 eggs, and one egg of Fan-tailed Cuckoo, taken at Glenorchy, Tasmania, by W. Morris 
on the 30th of October, 1904. This isa very dark set of Scrub Wren’s eggs, and resembles small 
specimens of those of the Yellow-throated Scrub Wren, of New South Wales. Specimen A. measures 
= o0'95 X 0°68. Specimen B. measures = 0°93 x 0°68. 
FAN-TAILED CUCKOO, 
Cacomantis flabelliformis, Latham. 
Taken with the set of 2 Brown Scrub Wren’s eggs. This Specimen measures = 0°79 x 0°60. 
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