. Collecte d'oeufs et vie d'oiseaux de l'Australie. Catalogue et données de la 'collection oologique de Jacaksonian', illustré par de nombreuses photos .. . tion de 30 pieds, sur un membre hori-zontal se penchant au-dessus de l'eau. J'ai toujours le nid en ma possession, et le membre sur lequel il a été construit. C'est une structure de bâton d'alarge, mesurant 20 pouces de travers, et a très légère dépression au centre pour les oeufs. C'est une des premières prises de ces œufs rares en Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, c'est-à-dire, dans la mesure où les données nous le montrent. Nous avons remarqué que les deux oiseaux s'assoient tour à tour sur les nids. En prenant ceci

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. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection, " illustrated with numerous photographs .. . tion of 30 feet, on a hori-zontal limb leaning out over the water. I still have the nest inmy possession, and the limb upon which it was built. It is alarge stick structure, measuring 20 inches across, and has avery slight depression in the centre for the eggs. This is oneof the first clutches of these rare eggs taken in New SouthWales, that is to say, as far as records show us. We noticedthat both birds sit on the nests in turn. When taking thisclutch, the birds left the Oaks, and circled high up overheadabove the nest, and they gradually got higher and higher, untiltheir large forms assumed the proportion of mere specks, andultimately they disappeared altogether. It was the first time Isaw such a large bird fly up out of sight; of course if it was asmall species I could readily understand it being lost to onesvision. It was a surprise to us the way those Darters vanished. Taken by W. McEnerny, Frank andSid. W. Jackson. An average specimen of this set measures in inches = 2-47 x 147.. L. Vesper up at the nest of the Snake-necked Darter. Loc, Lavadia, Clarence River. (See data No. 310.) 54 A.J. IHE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. Data Cumpbells No. ofNo. Book. £g^8. 34 7^11 IDx*a, xvor I, 32 745 4 CAPE BARREN GOOSE, Cereopsis nova hollandice, Latham.Splendid clutch of four eggs, taken on Clarke Island, Bass Straits, by J. W. McLaine, on the i6thof September, 1901. An average specimen of this set measures in inches = t, -^^ x 2-19. A smallerspecimen in the set measures = 3i8 x 2-12. 313 742 3 PIED GOOSE, Anseranas semipalmala, Latham.Three eggs taken from a nest at the Lake, near Lavadia, Clarence River, N.S.W., on the 20th ofSeptember, 1898, by J. McEnerny and Sid. W. Jackson. Nest was constructed of nat reeds, and placedin a thick mass of rushes in the middle of the swamp. An average specimen of this set measures =3ii

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