. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . er, anddeparts again very often with a storm in February. During the recent visit of the Japanese warshipsto Sydney (1906), one of the officersinformed me that these Dollar Birdsare often to be seen in thousandson some of the mountains in Japan,and no doubt all our birds migratethere. Each season they seem tobe getting more numerous with ushere, yet, nevertheless, their eggsare hard to get, and that is simplybecause they select such very talland
. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . er, anddeparts again very often with a storm in February. During the recent visit of the Japanese warshipsto Sydney (1906), one of the officersinformed me that these Dollar Birdsare often to be seen in thousandson some of the mountains in Japan,and no doubt all our birds migratethere. Each season they seem tobe getting more numerous with ushere, yet, nevertheless, their eggsare hard to get, and that is simplybecause they select such very talland inaccessible trees to nest in. Ifind that a very good imitation ofthe note of this bird can he producedby rolling together, on a sheet ofwadding, two of their eggs (blown),and at the same time gently knock-ing them against each other. I foundit out quite accidentally as I wasbusily engaged arranging the eggs inthe cabinet. Two to three eggs, wefound, usually formed the sitting,andnot four. Ihey are minutely pitted all over. Specimen A. measures = i33 x 1-07. Specimen B. measures = 1-33C. measures = i32 x 1-07. Specimen D. measures = 1-29 x NEST OF THE SPINE-TAILED LOG RLNNtk. Loc, Don Dorrigo Scrubs, (See data No. 200.) X I-06. Specimen 300 204 LOG RUNNER,Orthoiiyx spinicauda, is an interesting set of 2 eggs, on account of them having been taken from the nest close tothat of the Atrichia rufescens. (See illustration of the nest in A. J. Campbells book, page 252.) Takenby Sid. W. Jackson and party, at Bulabulah Creek, in the Don Dorrigo Scrubs of the Upper BellingerRiver district of , on 20th October, 189S. We have found over thirty of the nests, and havetaken ujnvards of ten sets of these eggs in the northern scrubs of , and they have always appearedto me as being very large for such a small bird. The eggs are now becoming very rare. The nests ofthis species are dome-shaped, with an entrance at the side, and are chielly constru
Size: 1710px × 1461px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookideggcolle, booksubjectbirds
