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feet from the ground, on the South bank of Alipou Creek. These birds were very numerous in the 
scrubs of the Clarence River district during 1893. The nest is still in perfect condition. An egg of 
this set measures in inches = o’82 x o’6o. 
WHITE-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 
Monarcha albiventris, Gould. 
Perfect clutch of 3 eggs, taken near Cairns, North Queensland, by W. Burton, on the 8th of 
November, 1898. The eggs are similar to those of the previous species, but are more rounded and 
much smaller. Two eggs usually form the setting. An egg of the clutch measures in inches = 0°72 
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86 3 - WHITE-SHAFTED FANTAIL, 
| Rhipidura albiscapa, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken by Sid. W. Jackson in the Ourimbah scrubs near Gosford, N.S.W., on the 15th 
Ag40 of December, 1905. An egg of the Square-tailed Cuckoo 
was also found in the nest. Specimen A. measures in inches 
| = 0'62 x 0°48. 
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SQUARE-TAILED CUCKOO, 
Cacomantis vartolosus, Horsfield. 
One egg, taken with latter set of Fantails’ eggs. It 
measures in inches = 0°76 x 0°53. 
86 2 WHITE-SHAFTED FANTAIL, 
Rhipidura albiscapa, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, which are very small specimens, and were 
| taken near Middle Harbour, Roseville, Sydney, by Sid. W. 
435 - ¢ Jackson, on the 2nd of December, 1906. An egg of the 
Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo was also found in the nest. 
See photograph on page 79. Specimen A. measures in 
inches = 0°58 x o'46. 
5 I NARROW-BILIED BRONZE CUCKOO, 
Chalcococeyx basalis, Horsfield. 
One egg, taken with latter set of Fantails’ eggs. This 
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Cuckoo utters a long shrill plaintive note, which is often kept 
up incessantly for many hours during the stillness of the 
night, and irritates a person to such an extent that his 
sleep is entirely lost. While I was camped in the Booyong 
scrubs, near Lismore, N.S.W., in 1899, one of these birds 
5 : NEST OF THE SPECTACLED FLYCATCHER. 
haunted the locality, and for two weeks kept up its aggra- (aire Hina dialh ie taeat tee 
vating note all night, as it sat well out of reach in a tall Loc., Alipou Scrub, South Grafton, N.S.W. 
Booyong tree (Larrtetia actinophylla) near my tent, and it (See data No. 432, page 77.) 
caused me very much annoyance—in fact, for weeks after I 
imagined I could hear the distressed call of that wretched bird. The egg measures in inches = 
0°70 X 0°47. 
436 86 WHITE-SHAFTED FANTAIL, 
Rhipidura albiscapa, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken on the banks of the Orara River, near Grafton, N.S.W., on the 21st of August, 
1892. Taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. The beautiful cobweb-bound nests of this species 
resemble, with their long tapering tails, a wine glass with the flat base removed. In the Clarence River 
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district I have known this species, and also the Rufous Fantail, to frequently remove their eggs from 
the nest if they saw any person near the tree. If a nest was discovered containing only a single egg, 
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