. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . ldom a tree, and uttering low notes of distress. The nest and eggs figured were found by Mr. C. G. Johnston at Chatsvvood on the 22ndAugust, 1898. The nest was built eighteen inches from the ground, among some Pteris aqitilinaand against the low stump of a Casuarina siihcrosa, from which some new growth had shot is irregularly formed of dried coarse grass-stalks, and portions of fronds of Pteris aqiiilina,the inside being neatly cup-shaped and lined with wiry rootlets, cow-hair, and it measures th
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . ldom a tree, and uttering low notes of distress. The nest and eggs figured were found by Mr. C. G. Johnston at Chatsvvood on the 22ndAugust, 1898. The nest was built eighteen inches from the ground, among some Pteris aqitilinaand against the low stump of a Casuarina siihcrosa, from which some new growth had shot is irregularly formed of dried coarse grass-stalks, and portions of fronds of Pteris aqiiilina,the inside being neatly cup-shaped and lined with wiry rootlets, cow-hair, and it measures three inches and a half in diameter by three inches in depth, the innercup measuring two inches and a quarter in diameter by one inch and a half in depth. Itcontained three fresh eggs. The eggs are usually three, sometimes four in number for a sitting, varying from oval torounded and slightly elongate-oval in form, the shell being close-grained, smooth, and , when fresh, they are of a faint reddish-white ground colour before being blown, but Aa32. NEST .\ND KOGS OF WIllTK-FKONTEI) NUN. 34G when emptied of their contents become pure white, and have dots and spots of dark reddish-brown or rich purpHsh-red, particularly on the larger end, where in rare instances they form anill-defined zone. In some specimens the markings are rounded, in others they are of irregularshape, and many are confluent, forming small patches. A few have short streaks, others clustersof very small dots, and one now before me has a single comet-shaped marking on the larger have the ground faintly tinged with red, but in a remarkable set of four I took atCanterbury, New South Wales, on the 15th November, 1892, three of them are of a very faintcreamy-buff, dotted and spotted with rich purplish-brown, the other is pure white and similarlymarked with pale pinkish-red. This set measures:—(A) o-66 x 0-55 inches; (B) 0-69 x 0-54inches; (C) 07 x 0-54 inches; (D) 07 x 0-55 in
Size: 1602px × 1560px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidnestseggsofb, bookyear1901
