No. in THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
A. J. 
Data Campbell's No. of 
No. Book. Eggs. 
45st 330—~Ct«R YELLOW-THROATED HONEY EATER, 
Ptilotis flavigularis, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by M. W. Harrison at Glenorchy, Tasmania, on the 29th of September, 1898. 
Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°93 x 0°65. 
452 338 3 WHITE-PLUMED HONEY EATER, 
Ptilotis penicillata, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken on the 23rd of October, 1898, at Cloud’s Creek, south-west of Grafton, N.S.W., 
by A. Boon and Sid. W. Jackson. The nest was built in the fronds of a Tree Fern (A/sop/ila). 
Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°78 X 0°57. 
453 338 5 Set of 2 eggs, white ground variety, taken by J. W. Mellor at the Reedbeds, near Adelaide, South 
Australia, on the roth of September, 1885. Specimen A. is larger than specimen B., and it measures 
= 0°80 X 0°57. 
454 332 2 WHITE-EARED HONEY EATER, 
Ptilotis leucotis, Latham. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken at Little Bay, near Sydney, by Sid. W. Jackson, on the 23rd of October, 1902. 
The nest was built in a small Melaleuca bush. Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°82 x 0°60. 
FUSCOUS HONEY EATER, 
Ptilotis fusca, Gould. 
(Ptilotis lewini are in drawer M,) 
Set of 3 eggs, which are unusually large and very dark coloured specimens, was taken by 
W. McEnerny, Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, on the 9th of September, 1894, at Sandy Creek, near South 
Grafton, N.S.W. The nest was placed at an altitude of 30 feet, in a Bloodwood Eucalypt (Eucalyptus 
corymbosa). This bird I found very common in the Eucalyptus forests of the Clarence River district. 
An egg of the clutch measures in inches = 0°79 x 0°58. 
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456 322 2 Set of 2 eggs, which are much smaller and lighter coloured specimens than those of the latter set. 
Taken near Bostobric, Don Dorrigo, New South Wales, by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, on the 14th of 
October, 1898. Specimen A. of this set measures = 0°72 x 0°53. 
457 318 2 PIED HONEY EATER, 
Intomophila leucomelas, Cuvier. 
Clutch of 2 eggs, taken by L. Dumas, in the north-west of Australia, on the 3rd of November, 
1gor. One egg is more pointed and darker than the other, while in colour they are quite different to all 
the other eggs of the Honey Eater family, and resemble small specimens of those of the common Wood 
Swallow (4. sordidus). An egg of this rare and interesting set measures in inches = 0°89 x 0°63. 
BLOOD HONEY EATER, 
Myzomela sanguinolenta, Latham. 
Perfect set of 3 eggs, taken at Yellow Gully, six miles from South Grafton, N.S.W., on the rrth of 
November, 1894, by R. Helms, W. McEnerny, J. McEnerny, W. Toole, Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. 
The nest was placed at the extremity of a long limb of a tree (Duboisia Sp.), and in order to procure 
the eggs from it a long pole was erected and secured with three guy lines, the rare specimens being thus 
safely landed. In company with J. P. Macfarlane I saw great numbers of these birds at Bulimba, near 
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Brisbane, during September of 1906, where they were feeding on the white honey-laden blossoms of 
the tall Swamp Ti Trees (Melaleuca), which were just dotted with these pretty little blood-coloured 
creatures, and the trees looked half red and white; I never saw so many congregated together before 
anywhere. We have only taken about seven clutches of these eggs altogether, during our residence of 
nearly ten years in the Clarence River district of New South Wales. Some seasons they breed freely 
about Sydney, which is the stronghold for a great many of the Meliphagide. An egg of this clutch 
measures in inches = 0°62 x 0°47. 
