Data Campbell's No. of 
No. 
53° 
No. in 
Book, 
Eggs. 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
in Sydney, during March of 1896, and from them descriptions were taken. We have frequently seen 
and heard these birds about Alipou scrub and other parts of the Clarence River, year after year, but 
only succeeded in finding the one nest and egg. The note of the bird is a peculiar rattling or rolling 
noise, somewhat like that produced by a railway guard’s whistle, one which has the little ball or pea 
inside, causing the quivering sound. ‘The specimen measures in inches = 0°97 x 0°68, 
WHITE-SHOULDERED CATERPILLAR EATER, 
Lalage tricolor, Swainson. 
Perfect set of 3 eggs, which closely resemble the latter specimen, except that they are much smaller, 
and more pointed at the narrow ends. The ground colour is of a pale apple-green, spotted all over, 
and particularly at the larger ends, with reddish-brown and dull slate. Taken by Sid. W. Jackson, at 
Camden, New South Wales, on the roth of November, 1900. The nest was built in an Ironbark 
Eucalypt (Eucalyptus sidevophloia), ata height of only 15 feet. Specimen A. measures in inches = 
o0'80 X o'61. 
Set of 3 eggs, which 
are of the very dark red- 
dish-brown type, and so 
different to those of the 
latter set, that no person 
would think it possible 
such a distinct variation 
could exist. This is the 
darkest set we have ever 
seen. It was taken 
at Cabbage Tree Creek, 
near Sandgate, Brisbane, 
Q., by Frank and Sid. 
W. Jackson, on October 
the 29th, 1886. The 
bird is well known in the 
country as the Pee Wee 
Lark, and its note is 
rather like that of the NESTING PARTY AT GLEN UGIE PEAK, 
Brown Flycatcher. Clarence River, N.S.W. 
Specimen A. measures 1897. 
= O75" x) 0102. 
Drawer WN. 
PITTA OR DRAGOON BIRD, 
Pitta strepitans, Temminck. 
Handsome clutch of 4 eggs, and, as is generally the case, one specimen is not nearly so heavily 
spotted as the others. The nest was placed about 50 feet in from the edge of the scrub, and was built 
up against the roots of a Silky Oak (Grevillea rcbusta), near an old dead stump. It was taken on 
the 16th of October, 1899, by W. McEnerny and Sid. W. Jackson, at Booyong scrubs, near Lismore, 
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