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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION, 
ca 
set is described in A. J. Campbell's book on page 958. The correct measurements are :—Specimen 
A. = 1'93 x 1:36. Specimen B. = 1°82 x 1°32. Specimen C. = 1°85 x 1°27. 
Set of 3 eggs, found by L. Dumas, at North-west Australia, on the 29th of August, rgor1. The 
nest was a loose structure of sticks, placed in a tree growing in a lagoon. Specimen A. measures = 
1°74 x 1.27. In 1861 one of these beautiful birds was shot near Brisbane, Q., and that was the first 
record of it inhabiting Australia. It is found also in India and Europe. It is truly a scandalous shame 
the brutal way in which these beautiful birds are still allowed to be butchered for the sake of their white 
plumes ; a fact which holds good in Australia as well as in foreign countries. During breeding season 
the birds usually associate in colonies, and when they are sitting on their nests in the trees, the cruel 
and heartless hunter 
comesalong, starts his 
tragical and ruthless 
destruction, shooting 
them one by one from 
their nests, and thus 
leaving the young 
ones therein to slowly 
pine away and die of 
starvation. Only quite 
recently about fifty 
Egrets in a colony, 
were noticed building 
their nests in trees in 
a suitable part of the 
Manning River dis- 
trict of New South 
Wales; some days 
later, however, sad to 
relate, it was found 
that a bird killer had 
visited the spot, as all 
the old ones weredead 
and lay about in vari- 
ous stages of putre- 
faction, while their 
young were either 
dead or dying for 
want of sustenance. NEST AND EGGS OF THE BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE, 
The Egrets had been (See data No. 247, page 40). 
shot for the sake of (About one-third of the natural size). 
i Loc., Caramana, South Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W. 
a few feathers, with te) ¢ ceR 
which to adorn feminine headgear, and these plumes are frequently to be seen displayed in such manner, 
not only in Australia, but also in other parts of the world. I am quite sure that many persons who 
admire and use these feathers for dress decoration, are quite unconscious of the brutal and callous 
way in which they are originally collected. 
WHITE-NECKED HERON, 
Notophoyx pacifica, Latham. 
Beautiful set of 4 eggs, taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, at Caramana, South Grafton, N.S.W., 
on the 7th of September, 1898. The nest was a large structure of sticks, placed at an altitude of 100 
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