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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
WHITE-HEADED TREE RUNNER, 
Sittella leucocephala, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken at Glen Ugie Peak. This very rocky mountain, which is also known as Mt. 
Elaine, is of volcanic origin. It rises abruptly from comparatively level country, and has portions of 
its sides thickly clothed with luxuriant sub-tropical growth. At the foot there isa splendid forest of 
immense Iron-bark Eucalypts, and other useful timbers, and it was in this locality where we found 
several sets of rare eggs, a record of which will be found in the pages of this volume. The mountain 
is situated 14 miles south east of Grafton, in the Clarence River district, N.S.W. This set was taken 
on the rq4th of October, 1894, by W. McEnerny, J. McEnerny, Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. ‘The 
nest, a photograph of which is shewn on page 66, was placed 53 feet from the ground on a dead upright 
forked limb of a Bloodwood Eucalypt (Zucalyptus corymbosa). remember the first nest and eggs 
which I found of this species ; it was during September of 1888, and was placed ina Eucalypt, or gum 
tree, near Gowrie Mountain, on Major H. V. King’s estate, a large sheep station not far from 
Toowoomba, Queensland. During the latter part of August of the following season (1889), I found 
another of these interesting nests, which was built in a thick Eucalypt in the late Hon. James Taylor’s 
bush paddock, on the Drayton Road, Toowoomba. In coming down the tree with my treasured 
specimens, my foot slipped out from one of the nitches, or steps, which I had cut into the tree with a 
tomahawk on my way up, and I fell to the ground, a distance of over 25 feet, and sustained a com- 
pound fracture of the right shoulder. This was the only accident we ever had during our many years 
of collecting, and it was quite sufficient. I still possess the nest from which the eggs were taken. 
An egg of this set measures = 0°61 x 0°49. 
GREEN BACKED WHITE EYE, 
Zosterops gouldt, Bonaparte. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken near the Blackwood River, South-west Australia, by S. Hall, on the roth of 
January, 1897. One egg of the clutch measures in inches = 065 x 0°48. 
WHITE-EYE OR SILVER EYE, 
Zosterops cerulescens, Latham. 
Set of 4 eggs, taken by Sid. W. Jackson on Wilson’s Hill, South Grafton, N.S.W., on the 22nd of 
September, 1893. ‘These little birds are very destructive to fruit, and on Belltrees Station, near Scone, 
N.S.W., I noticed many of them on the grapes in the vineyard. With their sharp pointed bills 
they perforate the fruit, and it soon starts to ferment and die off. This is particularly noticeable in 
cases where rain has fallen shortly after a visitation of the birds. In the Clarence River district I 
found them very plentiful, in fact they are numerous all along the coasts of New South Wales and the 
other States, and each season they congregate and make periodical visits to the various orchards, etc. 
Their note, when at its best, is a very clear canary-like whistle, which is often kept up for several 
minutes. One egg of the clutch measures in inches = 0°68 x 0°47. 
PALE-BELLIED WHITE EYE, 
Zosterops albiventer, Reichenbach. 
Set of 4 eggs, taken near Normanton, North Queensland, by E. Drew, on the 3rd of December, 
1897. An egg of this clutch measures = 0°65 x o748. 
BLACK-BANDED WHITE FACE. 
NXerophila nigricincta, North. 
This set of 3 rare eggs was taken by C. E. Cowle, at Illamurta, on the Finke River, Central 
Australia, on the 6th of April, 1898. ‘The nest was built in a Mulga bush (Acacia aneura), and placed 
about 10 feet from the ground ; the bird was hopping about whilst the eggs were being blown. One 
egg of the clutch measures in inches = 0°70 x 0°52. 
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