No. in 
A 
Data Cam 
No. Book. 
548 53 
549-159 
pbell’s No. of 
Eggs. 
3 
THE JACKSONIAN OCLOGICAL COLLECTION, 
that is simply on account of it being rather early in the year for this Cuckoo to lay ; but in the second 
brood, which is much later in the season, the egg of this Cuckoo will frequently be found in these 
nests. ‘Twenty-six days later (August 3oth), I again found a nest, but only after patiently watching the 
birds for some time, following them up and down the sides of the rugged gorge, and examining hollow 
logs, rocks, as well as caves and other likely places. It was nearly completed, and was suspended 
from the roof of a small square opening, which ran back a distance of about twelve feet into the rock, 
near the top of a ridge, and within a hundred yards of the cave from which the nest (547A) was taken, 
although in a more unlikely and less frequented spot, and was built by the same pair of birds. Of the 
set under notice, Specimen A. measures = 0°85 x 0°60, Specimen B. measures = 0°83 x 0°59, 
Specimen C. measnres = 0°82 x 0°62. 
WHITE-WINGED CHOUGH, 
Corcovax melanorhamphus, Vieillot. 
Beautiful clutch of 4 fresh eggs, taken by H. Scotney at Harriman Park, South-western Queensland, 
on 8th September, 1897. My first acquaintance with these birds was made on the Darling Downs, 
Queensland (in 1888), where I had the pleasure of hearing their peculiar cry, and finding many of their 
nests. They were comparatively very large bowl-shaped structures, composed of dried mud and lined with 
grass, etc., and were all placed on the horizontal branches of forest trees. I discovered the birds and 
their nests in the following manner :—While in Toowoomba, Q., I arranged a little trip in order to 
explore the very unfrequented scrubs in the vicinity of Jondaryan and Rosalie stations, Our party, 
consisting of seven, reached Jondaryan Railway Station by train, and thence by the only conveyance 
available (a rough spring cart), 25 miles to Patch’s scrub. Andy Flannagan, a real specimen of a 
humorous Irishman, and the proprietor of the hotel at the railway station, provided the vehicle for us, 
which we were glad to get. Leaving late in the evening, it was early morning when we got to the 
scrubs, after a most amusing time travelling in the dark, and not knowing the track. We were all in 
high spirits, and thoroughly enjoyed the big jolts and deep ruts we got into ; the mailman, who drives 
a buckboard buggy, laughed heartily when he saw the places we wandered to. Jack Patch and the 
family made us very comfortable, in real bush style, and after a rest we started away exploring the 
beautiful Bottle tree scrub, known as Patch’s, our party being led by Jack, who knows every inch 
of the country. We shot a fine lot of Scrub Turkeys and Wonga Wonga Pigeons, but the nettles 
were very troublesome to us. Some of the Bottle trees (Stervculia rupestvis) were over 30 feet in circum- 
ference at the base. Outside the scrub the Choughs were everywhere numerous; also their nests. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°67 X 1°17. 
SATIN BOWER BIRD, 
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, Vieillot. 
(Lhis bird is known to the aborigines of the Clarence River district as ‘‘ Bar-wee,'’) 
Very handsome set of 3 eggs, of the spotted and blotched variety. Taken by Sid. W. Jackson, 
near Cloud’s Creek, on the Armidale Road, south-west of Grafton, New South Wales, on the 23rd of 
December, 1896. The accompanying photograph on page 107, illustrating the nest and set of 3 
eggs appears also in A. J. Campbell’s book opposite page 192, and my notes on pages 194 and 195. 
Specimen A. measures = 1°82 x 1°24; Specimen B. measures = 1°78 x 1°23 ; Specimen C. measures 
= 1°81 x 1°23. The latter specimen (C.) is somewhat pyriform in shape. I find that the eggs of 
these birds are subject to very great variation in their size, shape, ground colouring, also the general 
disposition and shape of the markings. In one case the eggs are boldly blotched and spotted, in 
another the markings are dull, cloudy, and much broken; and I have taken sets of another form, 
where the markings consist of long, wavy and twisting lines, predominating at the larger ends of the 
eggs. (See set No. 550A). This latter variety very much resembles the beautiful line-covered eggs of 
the Regent Bower Bird (Seviculus melinus), Swainson, only of course the eggs of the former are larger 
and of a darker ground colour than those of the Regent Bird. The above set of 3 eggs were the first 
specimens I took during my visit to Cloud’s Creek, as will be seen by the following notes. On the 
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