Ne ma THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
Data Campbell's No. of 
No. Book. Eggs. 
357.2 BRUSH WATTLE BIRD, 
Acanthocheva mellivora, Latham. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by Frank T. A. Jackson at Coff's Harbour, south of the Clarence River, 
N.S.W., on the 22nd of September, 1894. The nest is a very frail structure of thin sticks, and lined 
486 . with soft bark. An egg of the Pallid Cuckoo was also found in the nest. My brother and I found 
this Wattle Bird very plentiful in the Banksia and the dense vegetation along the coast, from the 
Clarence River Heads south to Coffs Harbour, where we found many of their nests and eggs. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°13 x 0°75. 
\ 45° : PALLID CUCKOO, 
Cuculus pallidus, Latham. 
One egg, taken with the above set. It measures in inches — 0°94 X 0°67. 
487 355 3. RED WATTLE BIRD, 
Acanthocheva cavunculata, Latham. 
Set of 3 eggs, collected by H. Taylor at Wilmington, Flinders Range, South Australia, on the 3rd 
of September, 1886. They have retained their colour wonderfully well, and look only a year or so old, 
instead of over twenty. Specimen A. measures = 1°40 x o'8s. 
488 323 2 YELLOW-BARED HONEY BATER, 
Ptilotis lewini, Swainson. 
Clutch of 2 eggs, taken at Booyong scrubs, near Lismore, N.S.W., by Sid. W. Jackson, on the 
14th of October, 1899. The nest was a beautiful structure, and was placed at an altitude of 18 feet in 
a Maiden’s Blush Tree (Echinocarpus australis). The eggs are very heavily blotched at the larger ends. 
This bird is a dweller in thick scrubby places, and I have never seen it in the forest ; its nest, as is the 
case with most of the Honey Eaters, is very warmly lined with a deep layer of silken down, or pappus, 
which the birds collect from the ripe seed pods of various native shrubs and vines. The outside of the 
nest is usually composed of dead leaves, soft bark and masses of cobweb, etc., and is sometimes 
decorated with the green tree-climbing moss (ZZypnum), etc. In cases, however, where a homestead 
stood near the scrub, or where scrub fallers were camped, I sometimes found the nests composed of 
portions of old newspapers, twine, tape, cotton, ete. ; and one nest which I found near Waterfall, south 
of Sydney, during the season of 1901, was entirely composed of torn portions of the Sydney Morning 
Herald, being neatly lined with coloured wool, which the birds had probably plucked from an old 
blanket that had been thrown away. The /ivst set of these eggs which I found was taken during the 
season of 1893, and I presented it to a friend in April of 1896, but I am sorry to relate that they met 
with a very unfortunate end, for somehow or other his dog got hold of the chip box in which the eggs 
were placed, and crushed and broke up the lot. Specimen A. measures in inches — 0°96 x 0°72. 
489 323 2 Set of 2 eggs, which are snow-white rather elongated specimens, and are covered with round dark 
spots at the larger ends. Taken on the 15th of October, 1898, in the Don Dorrigo scrubs, Upper 
Bellinger River district, N.S.W., by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. Specimen A. measures = 1°04 x o’71. 
( 323 : Set of 2 eggs, which are rather short rounded specimens, and minutely spotted at the larger ends. 
Taken in Alipou Scrub, South Grafton, N.S.W., by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, on the 3oth of Sep- 
45° tember, 1894. Specimen A. measures in inches = 0°94 x 0°74. 
| 450° I PALLID CUCKOO, 
Cuculus pallidus, Latham. 
One egg, taken with latter set of eggs. It measures in inches = O'9Ir X 0°67. 
491 359 2 SPINY-CHEEKED HONEY BATER, 
Acanthogenys vufigularis, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by T. A. Brittlebank at Myrniong, Victoria, on the 29th of October, 1894. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°02 x 0°73, 
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