AS J. 
Data Campbell's No. of 
No. 
626 
627 
628 
629 
No. in 
Book. 
586 
583 
718 
Eggs. 
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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
Set of 7 eggs, and the best marked set of this species we have ever taken. The uniformity of the 
ground colouring throughout the clutch, together with being covered with the large purplish-brown 
blotches, make it a beautiful set. Taken on the 25th of September, 1898, on a swamp near Lavadia, 
South Grafton, New South Wales, by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson. Specimen A. measures 1'95 x 
1°33. 
RUFOUS-TAILED MOOR HEN, 
Amaurornis moluccana, Wallace. 
One egg, of a kind rarely obtained, and only a few specimens of which have so far been found. 
Taken by C. Woodlands, near Burketown, Gulf of Carpentaria, North-west Queensland, on the 4th 
of February, 1897. The 
ground colour is a dull 
white, covered sparingly 
with markings of reddish- 
chestnut and_ bluish-grey. 
It measures = 1°82 x 1°27. 
BITTERN, 
Botaurus peciloptilus, 
Wagler. 
One egg, which was taken 
from a nest in a swamp near 
Ulmarra, Clarence River, 
N.S.W., on the 18th of 
September, 1892, by Sid. 
W. Jackson. The egg was 
heavily incubated, and in 
the nest were also three 
freshly hatched young. This 
specimen was successfully 
blown after a lot of trouble, 
and is perfect. The eggs 
of this species are of an 
olive-brown colour, and 
have no markings. This 
one measures = I'9I X 
1°47. I have never been 
ableto obtain a perfect set of 
4 of them, not even through 
the medium of exchanges. 
Two eggs, taken on 
the Murray River Swamps, 
Victoria, on the 4th of 
September, 1890, by G. This is a sample of one of the Large-leaved Fig Trees (Ficus macrophylla) 
W. Carter. Specimen A. of the scrubs of the Clarence and Richmond River districts of New South Wales, 
which have frequently been quoted in the preceding pages. This giant measures 
measures = 2°07 X 1°51. over twenty feet across at the roots. 
LITTLE MANGROVE BITTERN, 
Butorides stagnatilis, Gould. 
Beautiful clutch of 3 eggs. Taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson at Caramana, near South Grafton, 
Clarence River, on the gth of November, 1893. The nest, which was a very loose structure of thin 
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