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Data Ca 
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468 
469 
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471 
472 
473 
474 
475 
476 
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311 2 
311 2 
316 2 
317 2 
313 3 
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301 2 
302 5 
298 I 
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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
BROWN HONEY EATER, 
Glycyphila oculavis, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken on the Fitzroy River, North Queensland, by H. Barnard, on the 24th of 
August, 1902. ‘These specimens are white, and possess rather large blotches. Specimen A. measures 
in inches = 063 x o*49. 
Data same as latter set. The eggs of this clutch are of a pale flesh-ground colour, and possess 
perfect zones of very minute markings. Specimen A. measures = o'61 x 0°48. 
RED-THROATED HONEY EATER, 
Entomophila vufigularis, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by G. A. Keartland at the junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers, North- 
west Australia, on the r2th of February, 1897. The larger egg of the two measures = 0°72 x 0°47, 
RUFOUS-BREASTED HONEY BATER, 
Entomophila albigularis, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by C. Woodlands on the Nicholson River, North-west Queensland, on the 
16th of January, 1898. (See A. J. Campbell’s book, page 379.) Very rare. Specimen A. measures 
= 0°76 X 0°53. Specimen B. = 0°72 x o'52. 
BROWN-BACKED HONEY EATER, 
Glycyphila modesta, Gray. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken by C. A. Barnard, at North Queensland, in the Ti Tree (Melaleuca) country, 
on the 1st of December, 1893. Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°73 x 0°47. 
Set of 2 eggs, data same as latter set. One egg is inrather poor condition. Specimen A. measures 
= 067 x 048. 
BLACK-CHINNED HONEY EATER, 
Melithveptus gularis, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken on the goth of December, 1897, at Glen Ugie Peak, near South Grafton, 
N.S.W., by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, The nest was built in a Ti Tree (J/elaleuca), and the eggs 
were in a very advanced state of incubation. Specimen A. measures in inches = o°71 x 0°56. 
STRONG-BILLED HONEY EATER, 
Melithreptus validirostris, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken near Circular Head, Tasmania, by H. Ross, on the 27th of October, 1896. 
Specimen A. of this beautiful clutch measures = 0°77 x 0°57. 
WHITE-NAPHED HONEY EATER, 
Melithreptus lunulatus, Shaw. 
One egg, which was taken with an egg of the Pallid Cuckoo by Geo. Shepherd, near Somerville, 
Victoria, on the 13th of December, 1897. I found several nests of this species about Sydney, but was 
always unfortunate in finding those which contained young birds. ‘This specimen measures in inches 
= 0°74 X 0°56. 
PALLID CUCKOO, 
Cuculus pallidus, Latham. 
One egg, taken with the latter. This Cuckoo visits us regularly every September, and departs 
again to the northern climes in February and March. During season of 1890 my brother (Frank T. A. 
Jackson), and I when strolling through Rodd’s bush paddock at Five Dock, near Sydney, noticed one 
of these Cuckoo’s sitting ona nest of the Yellow-faced Honey Eater (/tilotis chrysops), which was 
placed in a Turpentine tree (Syncarpia laurifulia). When the bird flew away we climbed up to examine 
the nest, and found that an egg of this Cuckoo had been deposited on the very edge of it, and where it 
just balanced ; no other eggs were in the nest. Each season, when we first hear the peculiar rollicking 
notes of this Cuckoo after its long absence of five or six months, it creates a feeling of joy in the bird 
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