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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
and the egg resembles some of those laid by the Regent Bird. This isthe most exquisite clutch that has 
yet come under my notice, and strange to say was my first find of the eggs of this species. The nest was 
placed twenty feet high, and entirely hidden in the dense foliage of a large clump of Mistletoe (Loran- 
thus linophyllus), which-grew on a branch of a Forest Oak (Casuarina torulosa). After removing the eggs 
the limb was cut off and carefully lowered, and in order to photo- 
graph the nest to advantage I was obliged to cut away a great 
quantity of the Mistletoe. The accompanying illustration on page 
110 shows the nest, containing the two eggs, in its natural position 
in the upright and thicker branches of the latter parasitical growth. 
The nest was composed of thin sticks and twigs, and measured 
ten inches across, the lining consisting of several layers of dead 
Eucalyptus leaves, some of which are plainly visible in the illustra- 
tion. In the accompanying photograph specimen A. is also shown 
natural size. Specimen A. measures = 1.85 x 1°13 Specimen 
B. measures = 1°67 X I'12. 
Set of 2 eggs, which are of the cloudy marked variety, and 
were taken from a nest built ina Mistletoe (Lovanthus linophyllus) 
in a Forest Oak tree (Casuarina torulosa), at Tyringham, nearly 60 
miles south-west of Grafton, N.S.W. Taken by A. and P. Boon 
on the 4th of November, 1898. I have never known these Satin 
Birds to build in the scrubs, always selecting (from what I have 
seen of them) the Forest Oak trees. The Regent Bower Bird, oo REE eee, EGG) OF THE 
SATIN BOWER BIRD. 
(Specimen A. of set data No. 550A.) 
The Satin Bird is a great mimic. The first set of their eggs which (Natural size.) 
came into my possession was, unfortunately, end blown, and 
was found in an Oak tree (Caswavina), in the bush near Tyringham, by my friends Arthur, Albert, and 
Philip Boon, during season of 1892. The set now under notice concludes the series of the four 
magnificent clutches displayed in this collection, and is probably the finest series extant. Specimen A. 
measures = I'74 X I'I5. 
however, always builds in the scrubs, and never in the forest. 
REGENT BOWER BIRD, 
Seritulus melinus, Swainson. 
(This bird is known to the aborigines of the Clarence River district as ‘* Whar-gi or Bullen Bullen,"’) 
Handsomely marked set of 2 eggs, possessing the usual mass of labyrinthine lines, turning and 
twisting in every direction. The nest measures nine inches across, and is of very loose construction, 
the eggs being visible through it from below; it was built of sticks, thin twigs, and the dried yellow 
stems of a tree Orchid, and was placed in a tree locally known as the Cork tree (Dudoisia myoporoides), 
on account of its bark resembling that substance, being built at a height of only 16 feet, and was of 
course easy to procure. ‘The nest and eggs, which are shown in the accompanying photograph on page 
112, were taken in the scrub between Booyong and Binna Burra, north-east of Lismore, in the Richmond 
River district of New South Wales, on the 20th of November, 1899, by W. McEnerny and Sid. W. 
Jackson. No scrub remains now (1907) between Booyong and Binna Burra, and I was greatly surprised 
to notice how everything had been cut down and burnt, when I revisited the district in November of 
1904. The dairying industry has made marvellous progress there during the past seven years, necessi- 
tating the demolition of the scrubs, so that the birds have been driven to the dense bush situated 
towards the Queensland border. While camped at Booyong, we found four Regent Birds’ nests, and 
took two sets of eggs ; one nest was placed only seven feet from the ground, about a hundred yards 
from the camp, and where it was obtained, in the /#en dense scrub, a comfortable little home- 
stead now stands. These beautiful gold and velvet-black plumaged birds, came frequently about the 
camp, and did not appear very shy ; while numbers were often to be seen feeding along the edge of the 
scrub on the ripe berries of the Ink Weed ( Phyto/acea dioica) and the wild Raspberry (Rubus vosefolius). 
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