No, in 
A. J. 
Data’ Campbell’s No. of 
No. Book. Eggs. 
and it was left in order to get the full sitting, this specimen would be found broken on the ground under 
the nest the next morning, or be removed altogether. On the other hand, however, if you took the single 
egg, then a second one would be found in the nest the following day. This seems very perplexing, and 
H. Barnard had just the same experience with the eggs of Prince Albert Rifle Bird of Paradise ( Pilorhis 
alverti) in the scrubs at Cape York, North Queensland, during 1896. Specimen A. measures in inches 
= 0'66 x 0°47. 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
437 87 3 WESTERN FANTAIL, 
Rhipidura pretsst, Cabanis. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken near Broome, North-west Australia, by F. J. Buttler, on the 14th of Novembeg, 
1898. The ground colour is nearly white in these specimens. 
The birds are plentiful in certain parts of the north-west 
coast. An egg of the clutch measures in inches = o*60 x 
0°47. 
438 88 3 DUSKY FANTAIL, 
Rhipidura diemenensts, Sharpe. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken at Bridgewater, Tasmania, by 
A. Ross, on the 4th of September, 1893. An egg of the 
clutch measures = 0°63 x 0°48. 
439 On! sz NORTHERN FANTAIL, 
Rhipidura setosa, Q. and G. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by C. Woodlands in the Nicholson 
River district, North-west Queensland, on the 3rd of Novem- 
ber, 1897. The nest was placed ona thin horizontal branch 
of a small Eucalypt, leaning out over acreek. An egg of the 
clutch measures in inches = 0°64 x 0°47. 
440 93.2 WHITE-FRONTED FANTAIL, 
Rhipidura phastana, De Vis. 
Set of 2 of these rare eggs (not described in A. J. 
Campbell’s book), taken by E. Drew (who had found these 
nests before) near Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, North 
Queensland, on the 3rd of January, 1896. The eggs, which 
are nearly white, are zoned at the larger ends with small 
roundish dots of slate and brownish-grey. An egg of the 
clutch measures in inches = o'61 x 0°47. 
F895; 2 RUFOUS FANTAIL, 
| Rhipidura rufifrons, Latham. 
| Set of 2 eggs, and also one belonging to the Square- 
| tailed Cuckoo. Taken by Sid. W. Jackson at Ourimbah, 
near Gosford, N.S.W., opposite the railway station, in the 
441 + scrub, on the 4th of December, 1905. The nest was built nest or THE WHITE-SHAFTED FANTAIL. 
| on a Scrub Vine ( /’s) hanging across a track, and situated (Almost natural size.) 
| to feet from the ground. An egg of the clutch measures in Loc., Roseville, near Sydney. 
inches = 0°68 x 0°47. (See data No. 435, page 78.) 
| 452 I SQUARE-TAILED CUCKOO, 
Cacomantis vartolosus, Latham. 
One egg, taken with the latter set of 2 Rufous Fantails’ eggs. It measures in inches = 0°72 x 
0°54. 
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