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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
South Wales, it builds low down, as the timbers in those regions are smaller and rather stunted in their 
growth, and from an oologist’s point of view the nests are placed in more accessible and less break- 
neck places. I have found the nests of this bird within six miles of Sydney. 
CROW, 
Corvus coronoides, V. and H. 
Set of 5 eggs, taken from a tall Spotted Eucalypt (Eucalyptus maculata), near the Lake at the back 
of Swan Creek, Clarence River, N.S.W., and was placed in a mass of Mistletoe (Loranthus) at an altitude 
of 86 feet. Taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, on the 14th of October, 1894. The eggs are very 
finely marked all over; two, however, specimens D. and E., are lighter types, have less markings, 
and appear foreign to the set. Specimen A. measures = 1°57 x 111. It is interesting to note that 
during the next season we took a lovely pair of Brown Hawk’s eggs from this identical nest; the date 
was 4th September, 1895 (see data No. 268). In eight seasons we took nine sets of this Crow’s eggs 
in the Clarence River district. 
SHORT-BILLED CROW, 
Corvus Bennetti, North. 
(This species is only recently described in the new work published by the Sydney Museum.) 
Set of 4 eggs, which are much more boldly spotted than those of the two former species. Taken 
from a nest at Timbriebungie, near Dubbo, N.S.W., by H. Reid, on the 19th of September, 1902. 
This crow has a peculiar laugh-like caw, which is more interrupted and broken than that of the two 
previously described. Specimen A. measures = 1°54 x 1°12. Specimen B. measures = 1°63 x 1°08. 
WHITE-BACKED MAGPIE, 
Gymmnorhina leuconota, Gray. 
Set of 4 eggs, taken near Kewell, Victoria, on 23rd September, 1893, which are of the dark grey 
variety. Specimen A. measures = 1°63 x 103. 
Set of 3 eggs, reddish-brown variety. Taken by H. Lidgett near Myrniong, Victoria, on 3rd 
November, 1896. This is a beautiful clutch. Specimen A. measures = 1°56 x 1°12. 
BLACK-BACKED MAGPIE, 
Gymnorhina tibicen, Latham. 
(This bird is known to the aborigines of the Clarence River district as ‘‘ Corong-ell.’’) 
Set of 2 eggs, which were obtained from a nest with an egg of the Channel Bill Cuckoo, at 
Caramana, near South Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W., on the 9th of November, 1893. Taken by 
Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. ‘The nest was placed in an Ironbark Eucalypt near the Caramana Lagoon, 
and the three eggs were heavily incubated. When taking this set we were quite unconscious of the 
fact that the grey-looking specimen was the rare egg of the giant Channel Bill Cuckoo, and it was some 
time afterwards before I found it out. During the same season (1893) these Cuckoos were very plentiful 
about Grafton, after the big flood, and no doubt many of their eggs were laid in the district. The huge 
fig trees (Ficus macrophylla) growing in the scrubs on Susan Island, in the river opposite Grafton, were 
alive that year with these noisy birds. They are known about Grafton as the Fig Hawk, and this 
appellation they have received, no doubt, on account of their constantly visiting and feeding in these 
large scrub Fig trees. Specimen A. measures = 1°56 x 1'09. 
CHANNEL BILL CUCKOO, 
Scythrops nove hollandie, Latham. 
One egg, taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson with the latter two Magpie’s eggs, on the oth of 
November, 1893. It measures = 1°61 x 1°19, and isa pointed specimen. I had the pleasure of 
examining another of these rare eggs, which was taken froma nest of the Black-backed Magpie on 
Belltrees Station, near Scone, N.S.W., during season 1905. These Cuckoos are regular spring visitors 
in Australia, though in some districts they make their appearance somewhat later, and their very loud 
“coo rrr, Coo r-r-r, coo r-r-r,” can be heard for miles as they fly high overhead, immediately attracting 
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