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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
YELLOW-BREASTED BUSH CHAT, 
Ephthianura crocea, Castelnau and Ramsay. 
A pair of rare eggs, taken on the banks of the Nicholson River, North-west Queensland, by 
C. Woodlands, on the 27th of January, 1897. The nest was placed in rushes on the edge of a swamp, 
and contained 3 eggs, one of which was unfortunately broken during transit. Specimen A. measures 
in inches = 0°77 x 0.50, 
SHORT-BILLED TREE TIT, 
Smicrornis brevirostris, Gould. 
Clutch of 3 eggs, taken at Mulwala, near Deniliquin, N.S.W., by J. C. Wyburd, on the rqth of 
September, 1899. Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°62 X 0°42. 
YELLOW-TINTED TREE TIT, 
Smicvornis flavescens, Gould. 
One rare egg, taken from a nest near Burketown, North-west Queensland by E. Drew, on the 26th 
of October, 1893. The egg is smaller than those of the previous species, and measures in inches = 
0°56 xX o'4o. 
BLACK AND WHITE SWALLOW, 
Cheramaca leucosteyrnum, Gould. 
Splendid clutch of 4 eggs, taken by S. Robinson at Byrock, New South Wales, on the 24th of 
October, 1898. The nest was placed at the extremity of a tunnel which the birds had made in the 
bank of a creek. One egg is totally devoid of all markings. Specimen A. measures = 0°67 x 0°47. 
TREE MARTIN, 
Petvochelidon nigricans, Vieillot. 
Clutch of 3 eggs, taken froma hollow spout of a Red or Flood Eucalypt (Eucalyptus vostrata) 
standing on the edge of Duck Swamp, South Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W., on the 5th of 
September, 1897. The nest was placed 59 feet from the ground, and it was difficult to cut the 
eggs out from the limb without smashing them. Taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. During the 
season these birds are very plentiful on Belltrees Station, near Scone, N.S.W. Specimen A. measures 
in inches = 0°72 x o°51. 
Perfect set of 5 eggs, taken from the spout of a Flooded Gum (Eucalyptus rostrata), near the Race- 
course at South Grafton, N.S.W., on the 17th of August, 1898. The nest was placed just 49 feet from 
the ground. Taken by A. Amos, W. McEnerny, J. McEnerny, Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. An egg 
of the clutch measures = 0°70 x 0°50. 
FAIRY MARTIN, 
Petrochelidon ariel, Gould. 
Set of 4 eggs, which are very elongated specimens, and was taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson 
on the 26th of October, 1895. The nest was built on the south bank of the Clarence River, near 
Grafton, N.S.W., being placed about ten feet above the water, while the grass hanging over the edge 
partly sheltered it. One egg of the set is completely devoid of all markings, while the remaining three 
are thickly spotted all over. We have found these bottle-shaped mud nests built in quite a variety of 
positions, under verandahs, in old tunnels, in school sheds, etc., and during a recent visit to Brisbane, 
Q., I saw many of the nests which had been built upon the wall of the Public Library there, and the 
little birds darted happily to and fro between the tall round pillars of masonry, just as if the great 
building had been erected for their own benefit. An average specimen of the clutch measures = 
0°73) x 0°46. 
WELCOME SWALLOW, 
Hirundo neoxena, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken from a nest which was built on the large girders under the Government Ferry 
Wharf at South Grafton, N.S.W., on the 17th of August, 1897. Taken by Sid. W. Jackson. During 
one afternoon in September of 1891 I counted over 50 of these nests on the girders of the above wharf. 
For several years at Grafton, in the Clarence River district, I noticed these birds congregated in 
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