Data 
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No. in 
A.J. 
Campbell's No. of 
Book. 
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Eggs. 
THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
tent ; and during a severe storm one afternoon, just as we were preparing to rob it, the sapling, 
which was a very long thin one, was bent over to such an extent that the two fresh eggs rolled out, and 
landed at the rear of our camp. ‘The tree was then cut down, and the nest secured. Only on one 
occasion did I take a set of three eggs, two usually forming the full sitting. The real cat-like cry of 
these birds was heard at all times, from daylight in the morning till after dusk at night. In addition 
to the mew-like sound, they often utter a short shrill whistle resembling “ pit-pit-pit.” When first I heard 
it I was looking everywhere in the trees for another bird, never dreaming for the moment that it 
emanated from the Cat Birds, and I found that when this short peculiar whistle is made, they toss their 
heads suddenly forward as if sneezing. I have come across these birds as far south as Ourimbah, near 
Gosford, N.S.W., and found 
several of their nests, but none 
containing eggs. They were 
built in bushy scrub trees at 
the heads of the gullies, be- 
tween the mountains, in very 
secluded spots. During a 
recent visit of the members of 
the N.S.W. Naturalists’ Club 
to this locality, they were some- 
what surprised in finding traces 
of my ramblings and work at 
the head of nearly every gully, 
in the shape of my tree mark- 
ings (3 nicks). This is a habit 
I adopted some years ago and 
I have found it very useful for 
many reasons. In the Clarence 
River district my bush mark 
can plainly be seen to this day 
on many trees from which 
NEST AND EGGS OF THE CAT BIRD, 
(About one quarter of the natural size.) 
eggs have been taken, at 
heights up to 125 feet. Black- Loc., Booyong Scrubs, Richmond River district, N.S.W. 
fellows passing along, and (See data No, 555 page 114). 
noticing these marks at such 
heights without traces of climbing, must think there is something uncanny or “ big one debil debil ” 
about them, the tree “climbing ladder” would never occur to them, of course. Specimen A. of the 
set measures 1°68 x 1°20. Specimen B. measures 073 x 120; 
SPOTTED CAT BIRD, 
AE luredus maculosus, Ramsay. 
Perfect set of 2 eggs, taken at North Queensland on the 20th of October, 1895. The eggs are 
smaller, and of rather a lighter colouring, than those of the previous species. Specimen A. measures = 
1°55 x 1°10. Specimen B. measures 1°62 x 111. Received from Chas. French, jnr., Melbourne. 
N,S.W. RIFLE BIRD OF PARADISE, 
Ptili 
Clutch of two magnificent eggs, which are perfect specimens, and are the first pair of their kind 
rhis paradisea, Swainson. 
known to the scientific world. They were taken in the scrub at Booyong, 14 miles north-east of Lismore, 
in the Richmond River district of New South Wales, on the 2nd of November, 1899, by W. McEnerny 
and myself. The nest was placed 30 fect from the ground, ina Scrub Cherry tree (E/@odendron australe). 
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