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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
and resembles somewhat the egg of the Koel Cuckoo (Zudynamis cyanocephala), which I took from 
an Oriole’s nest. (Data No. 544). See A. J. Campbell’s book, page 587. This egg from the nest of 
the Friar Bird measures in inches = 1°23 x o*go, and I fear it is too small to be a treasured egg of the 
Koel, as the one which was taken from the nest of the Oriole on the 31st of October, 1894, measures 
= 1°36 x 102. A specimen of the other 3 (Friar Bird’s) eggs of this set under notice, measures = 
122 x 0°82. The Koel Cuckoo, I may mention, is often very common during October, November, 
and December in the Clarence River district of N.S.W. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by Sid. W. Jackson, near South Grafton, N.S.W., on the 8th of November, 
1898. Short specimens, with cloudy markings. Specimen A. measures in inches = 1°22 x 0°87. 
Set of 2 eggs, which are long, pointed and very dark salmon coloured specimens. ‘Taken by W. 
McEnerny and Frank T. A. Jackson, near South Grafton, N.S.W., on the 24th of October, 1897. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°26 x o'8o. 
SILVERY-CROWNED FRIAR BIRD, 
Philemon argenticeps, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs of this interesting species, which was taken by R. Hislop in the Bloomfield River 
district, North Queensland, on the 18th of December, 1895. These eggs are different to those of other 
members of the Friar Bird family, and more resemble those of the Harmonious Thrush if the markings 
were not so purplish-brown. It seems remarkable that the eggs of this bird should be so very different 
to those of the other four species. Specimen A. measures in inches = 1°22 x 0°88. 
HELMETED FRIAR BIRD, 
Philemon buceroides, Swainson. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by H. Barnard at Cape York, North Queensland, on the 14th of December, 
1896. These eggs resemble small and dull spotless specimens of the common Friar Bird or Leather 
Head. Specimen A. measures = 1°13 x 0°85. 
YELLOW-THROATED FRIAR BIRD, 
Philemon citreogularis, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, at Pilla Valley, north-east of Glen Ugie Peak, 
Clarence River, N.S.W., on the 4th of November, 1893. ‘The nest was built in a narrow-leaved forest 
Apple tree (Axgophora lanceolata), and placed at an altitude of 35 feet. The nest is a very scanty 
structure compared with that of the Common Friar Bird or Leather Head. We only took four clutches 
of the eggs altogether, and they varied from two to three for a sitting. The birds were never very 
plentiful, and the nests were only half the size of those of the common Friar Bird, and were often 
placed in the long drooping willow-like clusters of foliage of the latter tree, which frequently grows near 
the water courses. Specimen A. of this beautiful clutch measures in inches = 1°14 x 0°72. 
LITTLE FRIAR BIRD, 
Philemon sordidus, Gould. 
Set of 3 eggs, which are much smaller and less richly marked than those of the latter set. Taken 
by E. Drew on the Nicholson River, Gulf of Carpentaria, North Queensland, on the 23rd of November, 
1895. Specimen A. measures in inches = I'02 x 0°74. Specimen B. measures = 1°03 x 0°73. 
Specimen C. measures = 0°99 x 0°72. 
WHISTLING THRUSH, 
Collyriocincla rectirostris, J. and S. 
Set of 3 eggs, which are very large and heavily blotched specimens, and were taken by M. W. 
Harrison at Berriedale, Tasmania, on the 2nd of October, 1894. Specimen A. measures in inches 
= 1°22 x 086. 
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