a 
Data Campbell's No. of 
No. 
SEs 
533 
534 
536 
No, in 
A 
Book. 
420 
422 
207 
Eggs. 
N 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
Richmond River, N.S.W. The note of this handsome bird resembles somewhat “I lost my whip,” 
the last note being sounded the highest thus :— 
Sometimes it is uttered slowly, but more often rapidly, 
which I frequently noticed just a little after sunset, when 
the birds would call to each other from distant parts of the 
scrub. The nest is dome shaped, and constructed of dead 
leaves, sticks, moss, etc., being usually placed on the ground up against the roots of a tree or old 
stump in the scrub. I took a splendid photograph of the nest, from which the set of eggs under notice 
was taken, but regret to state the negative was accidentally broken. ‘The actions of the Pitta are very 
graceful, and, like the Lyre Bird, it is a great runner, getting through the fallen timbers and tangled 
scrub with marvellous rapidity. To find small piles of broken land shells (snails) with a stone beside 
each, is sufficient proof that Mr. and Mrs. Pitta are not far away. The snails are collected and carried 
to the “ feeding ground,” where the bird, by holding them in the bill, manipulates and taps them against 
the stone, and, when broken to suit her requirements, devours the dainty morsel from the inside. I 
saw many piles of these broken shells in the Booyong scrubs in 1899, with a stone always beside each, 
and have frequently heard the “tap-tap-tap” on it as the birds were busy feeding. Specimen A. 
measures in inches = 1°25 x 0°92. 
LESSER PITTA, 
Pitta stvepitans simillima, Gould. 
Pair of eggs, taken from a scrub north of Cairns, North 
Queensland, on the 4th of November, 1889. (Received 
from the Queensland Museum). Specimen A. measures = 
1°19 X 0°95. 
RAINBOW PITTA, 
Pitta iris, Gould. 
Pair of eggs, which are much smaller and more heavily 
blotched than those of the two last species. Taken by 
L. Dumas in the cane beds, at the north-west of Australia, 
on the 2oth of January, 1902. This handsome bird is the 
smallest of the Australian Pittas. Specimen A. measures in 
inches = 1'04 x o'81. 
SPOTTED GROUND BIRD, 
Cinclosoma punctatum, Latham. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken near the Little Murray River, Don 
Dorrigo, New South Wales, on the 14th of October, 1898. 
The nest was placed among ferns, under a projecting rock 
near the river. Taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°31 x 0°89. 
CHESTNUT-BACKED GROUND BIRD, 
Cinclosoma castanonotum, Gould. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by W. Hills, near Wangaratta, Vic- 
toria, during September of 1897, and bird identified. The The white cross denotes the nest of the 
Ground ‘Lhrush. 
Loc., Don Dorrigo Scrubs, N.S.W. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°29 x o°8s. (See data No. 536.) 
GROUND THRUSH, 
Geocichla lunulata, Latham. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson in the scrubs at Don Dorrigo, South of the 
Clarence River, N.S.W., on the 1oth of October, 1898. The nest, which was a cup-shaped structure, 
nest was placed in the partially burnt-out root-hole of a tree. 
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