. Collecte d'oeufs et vie d'oiseaux de l'Australie. Catalogue et données de la 'collection oologique de Jacaksonian', illustré par de nombreuses photos .. . en à Alipou Scrub, Sud (Irafton, Clarence River, Now-South Waks, le 16 de Decem-ber, 1894, par Frank et Sid. W.Jackson. Le nid a été construit dans l'arbre ATall Lilly Pilly {Eugenia smithii), et placé à une altitude de près de 30 pieds, à l'extrémité même du long de la branche mince, ce qui a rendu difficile de ramasser les oeufs de lui. Ces oiseaux étaient très abondants environ (Irafton pendant la saison 1894, et beaucoup d'entre eux ont en fait construit leurs nids dans le

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. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection, " illustrated with numerous photographs .. . en in Alipou Scrub, South (Irafton, Clarence River, Now-South Waks, on the 16th of Decem-ber, 1894, by Frank and Sid. W.Jackson. The nest was built in atall Lilly Pilly tree {Eugenia Smithii), and placed at an altitude of nearly30 feet, at the very extremity of along thin branch, which rendered itdifficult to scoop the eggs from it. These birds were very plentiful about (Irafton during season 1894, and many of them actually builttheir nests in the Camphor Laurel trees {Camphora oj/icinaritm) growing in the streets of the city.During my last visit to Brisbane, in September of 1906, I found nests of this species built in the treesgrowing in the parks and gardens there. The eggs vary much in their ground colouring and generalmarkings. We took nine clutches of the eggs near Grafton, and no two sets were alike. The eggs canbe seen through the nest from below. (See A. J. Campbells book, at foot of page 83). The note ofthis bird resembles chick-ock, chee-koy. Specimen .. measures = 143 x 097.. NEST AND EGCS 01 THE ITG IIIRU.(About one third of the natural size.)Loc, South Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W.(See dala So. .>10, page !>9.) 9S Na- i THE JACKSONIAN OOI.OOICAI. COLLECTION. A, J.Data CauijitieHs No. ofN... Book. Eggs. 540 61 3 Set of 3 eggs, which are ([uite differently marked to those of the latter set, and resemble very much the eggs of the Grey Butcher Bird {Cracticus destructor). Taken by A. Amos, U. Hawthorne, andFrank T. A. Jackson, at South Grafton, N.S.W., on the 2nd of December, 1894. The nest was builtin a Red Cedar tree (CV(f«/(i rtKs^ra/;s), at an altitude of 39 feet. Specimen A. measures = i25 x oSy. 541 62 3 YELLOW-BELLIED FIG BIRD, Sphecothercs flavivcntris, Gould.Set of 3 eggs, which are of the very pale green variety, and are heavily blotched. Like the latterspecies, the eggs of this bird vary con

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