i THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
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almost black markings. One egg of this set (specimen D.), is very small and rather pointed at one end, 
and with the large blotches upon it, resembles that of the Painted Snipe. Taken by Frank and Sid. 
W. Jackson, on Duck Swamp, South Grafton, N.S.W., on 2nd September, 1898. In the accompanying 
photograph (page 149) this set will be seen in the nest on the right. The set measures in inches as 
follows :—Specimen A. = 1°60 x 1°17. Specimen B. = 1°62 x 1°20. Specimen C. = 1°57 x 1°22. 
Specimen D. = 1°49 x I'to. 
652 615 3 (Variety C.)—Set of 3 
eggs, of which the ground 
colour and markings are quite 
different to the two former 
varieties. Two of the eggs are 
very pointed at one end, while 
the other is rather swollen and 
blunt at the smaller end. The 
ground colour is of a dull 
greenish-stone, with markings 
of cloudy and small broken 
blotches of greyish-black, which 
are scattered all over the sur- 
face, making it a very remark- Collecting the eggs of the White-headed Stilt, on Duck Swamp, South 
i sh é Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W. The nest containing Set data No. 650, 
able set. Taken by Frank will be seen at the front of the photograph, on the right. 
and Sid. W. Jackson, on Duck 
Swamp, South Grafton, Clarence River, on 2nd September, 1898. Specimen A. measures = 1°74 
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653 616 4 BANDED STILT, 
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus, Vieillot. 
Beautiful set of 4 eggs, the ground colour of which is olive-stone, covered with irregular markings 
and long line-like streaks of heavy sepia and umber. Specimen A. is a beautiful egg, and is covered 
more than the others with the long and twisted hieroglyphic-like markings. In shape and size the four 
eggs are very uniform, and specimen A. measures = 1.73 x 1°19. They were taken by G. W. Carter, 
on the Murray River Swamps of 
Victoria, on the 21st of December, 
1892. This is the only set of these 
eggs I have ever seen. 
654 618 4 SEA CURLEW, 
Numenius cyanopus, Vieillot. 
(Australian set.) 
This is a magnificent set of 4 
eggs, and they are the first of their 
kind taken in Australia. They were 
found near the sea shore on the 
northern coast of Western Australia, 
by L. Dumas, on 23rd November, 
1899. The rare eggs of this species 
are not described in A. J. Campbell’s 
great work, published in 1900, on 
A morning's work among the eggs of the White-headed Stilt. 
(About one-fifteenth of the natural size.) 
Loc., Duck Swamp, Clarence River, New South Wales. 
the ‘‘ Nests and Eggs of Australian 
Birds.” On page 805 he says :—‘‘ The eggs, however, are unknown, but by analogy we can understand 
that, like other Curlews, the Australian lays four large eggs of a mottled olive-green appearance.” He 
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