A.J. 
Data Campbell's No 
: Book. Eggs 
No. 
2k 
oy eal | 
388 
389 
39° 
No. in 
J 
234 
180 
of 
egvamineus, and like that species this bird dwells 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
WHITE FACE, 
Xerophila leucopsis, Gould. 
Pair of eggs, taken by J. A. Hill, near Kewell, Victoria, on the 3rd of September, 1893. Specimen 
A. measures in inches = 0°74 x 0°55. 
GRASS BIRD, 
Megalurus gramineus, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken by A. F. Bassett Hull and Sid. W. Jackson, at Dee Why swamp, north of 
Manly, near Sydney, on the 14th of November, 1904. The nest was placed in the rushes growing 
along the edge of the swamp, and was really built up over the water. An egg of the clutch measures 
= 0'Ob xX 0°52. 
TAWNY GRASS BIRD, 
Megalurus galactotes, Temminck. 
Pair of eggs, taken from a nest built in 
grass and rushes on the edge of the creek in 
front of ‘‘ Dallinga,” South Grafton, N.S.W., on 
the roth of November, 1893. Several clutches 
of these eggs were fcund in this locality, but in 
nearly every instance they were in a very ad- 
vanced state of incubation, which rendered them 
impossible to blow. This pair was taken by 
Albert Amos, Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, and 
was our first find. The nest was composed of dead 
grass, and lined with feathers, and was a very 
frail structure, not nearly so compactly put 
together as is the case with that of J/ega/urus 
in the reed and grass beds about swamps and 
creeks, and utters a very weak and plaintive little 
note. Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°68 
XulOIns 
GRASS WARBLER, 
Cisticola exilis, V. and H. 
Beautiful set of 4 eggs, taken by A. F. 
Basset Hull and Sid. W. Jackson, at Dee Why, 
north of Manly, near Sydney, on the 2rst of 
January, 1906. The nest was placed only six 
inches from the ground, being built near the 
edge of Dee Why swamp, and had 4 large green 
Dock leaves (Rwmex) stitched around it, which NEST OF THE GRASS WARBLER. 
rendered it completely hidden from view. It is Natural Size. 
just wonderful how these little birds sew the Loc., Dee Why, near Manly, Sydney. 
leaves together, edge to edge; and the strong (See data No. 390.) 
cobweb, or byssine threads, are drawn so neatly, 
and the stitches kept such a uniform distance apart, that one would really think it had been accom- 
plished by the hand of aseamstress. The nest is a dome-shaped structure neatly lined with white 
cobweb, etc, as well as the silken down or pappus from the Scotch Thistle (Cavdmrs danceolatus), and 
the specimen shown in the accompanying photograph contained the set of eggs now under notice. On 
the front portion of this nest will be seen one of the leaves, which the birds have securely sewn on with 
fibre formed of strong cobweb, and around the edge of this leaf are 28 incisions, through which a silk- 
68 
