Data Campbell's No. of 
No. 
553 
554 
555 
No. in 
A.J 
ook. 
165 
161 
Eggs. 
1 
Ny 
THE JACKSONIAN OCLOGICAL COLLECTION, 
114 is a facsimile of the two letters on the egg, and of natural size. Specimen B. measures = 1°51 x 
1°07, and is well marked, but the lines are more interrupted and broken, and do not so frequently 
encircle it. The larger end of this specimen, however, is very free from markings, and is 
just the reverse to Specimen A. The eggs of this species resemble very much those 
of the Spotted Bower Bird, only the latter have a faint greenish-grey ground colour. 
Like the Satin Bower Bird, the Regent Bird sometimes builds in the Mistletoe, and we 
found this to be the case on two occasions in the Booyong scrubs, in clusters of the scrub 
species (Lovanthus alyxifolius), growing on the Booyong trees (Zarrietia actinophylla). 1 
have seen the birds as far north as the Pine River scrubs, north-east of Brisbane, Q., and 
as far south as the Ourimbah scrubs, near Gosford, N.S.W. Their note is very like that 
of the Satin Bird, and isa peculiar guttural sound resembling “ kar-r-r-r-r.” 
SPOTTED BOWER BIRD, 
Chlamydera maculata, Gould. 
Handsome set of 2 eggs, taken west of Rockhampton, in Central Queensland, on the 
16th of September, 1898, by W. B. Barnard. ‘The nest of this species is very loosely 
constructed of small sticks and twigs, as is the case with that of the Regent Bower Bird; the eggs 
likewise being plainly visible through it from beneath. The eggs of this set are smaller than those of the 
Regent’s (No. 552), the ground colour being of a very pale greenish tinge, while those of the latter are 
ofa light yellowish stone. There is a distinct difference 
between the eggs of the two species, but at first glance 
they appear very much alike. Both the eggs are beautifully 
marked, and specimen A. has the thread-like lines 
wound round and round the centre, leaving the thin or 
pointed end free of them. As A. J. Campbell says—“ the 
eggs are very beautiful, and most singular in appearance, 
resembling fine porcelain with hand painted markings.” 
They have the resemblance also of an egg which has coloured 
threads wound carelessly around it. One of the first authenti- 
cated sets of these eggs discovered was found by J. B. White, 
and described by Dr. E. P. Ramsay, vide ‘ Proceedings of |§ EGGS OF THE SPOTTED BOWER BIRD, 
the Zoological Society, 1874.” Specimen A. measures = (Almost natural size.) 
1°39 x 1'02. Specimen B. measures = 1°43 x 0°98. CEBU eget Ae eae) 
QUEENSLAND BOWER BIRD, 
Chlamydera orientalis, Gould. 
Clutch of one egg, though two usually form the sitting. Taken at Tolworth, near Cooktown, 
North Queensland, by W. Fuller, on the 18th of September, 1901. This is not such a well marked 
specimen as those of the latter two species, the lines on this egg being very short and broken. Dudley 
Le Souéf, of Melbourne, found these nests containing only a single egg, during his visit to North 
Queensland. It measures in inches = 1°63 x 1°07. 
CAT BIRD, 
AZ luredus viridis, Latham. 
(This bird is known to the aborigines of the Richmond River district as ‘* To-wan-gera."’) 
Splendid set of 2 eggs, taken at Booyong, near Lismore, Richmond River, N.S.W., by Sid. W. 
Jackson, on the 29th ot October, 1899. The nest was placed in a Maiden’s Blush tree (Echinocarpus 
australis), at an altitude of 27 feet, and is a beautiful rustic structure, being very deep, and composed 
of large dead leaves and twigs of the latter tree. We found thirteen nests between Booyong and Binna 
Burra during October and November of 1899, and succeeded in obtaining eggs from five of them. 
The first nest found was in a Booyong (Tarrietia actinophylla) sapling, standing only a few feet from the 
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