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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
BLACK HONEY EATER, 
Myzomela nigra, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, which are unfortunately badly blown specimens. They were taken in the interior 
of Victoria during September of 1890. The eggs very much resemble heavily blotched specimens of 
those of the Rufous Fantail, only they are smaller and more compressed ovals. Specimen A. of this 
clutch measures in inches = 0°58 x 0°47. 
WHITE-BEARDED HONEY EATER, 
Meliornis nove hollandia, Latham. 
Set of 3 eggs, large specimens, taken by Sid. W. Jackson, at Rose Bay, near ‘‘ Cranbrook,” State 
Government House, Sydney, on the 22nd of January, 1904. The nest was placed ina cluster of the 
beautiful Tecoma australis. One egg of the clutch measures in inches = 0°84 x 0°57. 
WHITE-CHEEKED HONEY EATER, 
Meltornis sericea, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken at Lindfield, Sydney, on goth of August, 1906, by Sid. W. Jackson. The nest 
was built in a small shrub, and placed only six inches from the ground. The birds took twenty days to 
build the nest, which is a rather unusual length of time. An egg of the clutch measures = 0°75 x o'58. 
LONG-BILLED HONEY EATER, 
Meliornis longivostris, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken near Albany, West Australia, on the 1oth of February, 1903, by T. Harris. 
An egg of the clutch measures = 0°85 x 0'60. 
MOUSTACHED HONEY BATHER, 
Meliornis mystacalis, Gould. 
Set of 3 pale specimens, taken by T. Harris, near Albany, West Australia, on the 7th of December, 
1902. An average specimen of the clutch measures in inches = 0°83 x 0°57. 
CRESCENT HONEY EATER, 
Meliornis austvalasiana, Shaw. 
Clutch of 3 eggs, taken by M. W. Harrison at Glenorchy, Tasmania, on the 11th of October, 1896. 
An egg of the set measures in inches = 0°73 x 0°55. 
WHITE-FRONTED HONEY EATER, 
Glycyphila albifyons, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by T. A. Brittlebank in the northern Mallee country of Victoria, on the oth 
of October, 1899. Specimen A. measures = 0°75 x 0°55. 
FULVOUS-FRONTED HONEY EATER, 
Glycyphila fulvifrons, Lewin. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by A. F. Basset Hull and Sid. W. Jackson, at Freshwater, near Manly, 
Sydney, on the 29th of September, 1901. This bird is rather plentiful about Manly and La Perouse, 
near Sydney, where it confines itself to the heath and stunted vegetation. An egg of the clutch 
measures = 0°83 x 0°60. 
WHITE-BREASTED HONEY EATER, 
Glycyphila fasciata, Gould. 
Set of 2 rare eggs, taken by H. Barnard in the Dawson River district, North Queensland, on the 
13th of November, 1893. Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°73 x 0°53. 
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