. The Emu : official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Ornithology; Birds. Jhe £mu Official Organ of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. " Bir^s of 2^ fczitber.' Vol. XIII.] 1ST OCTOBER, 1913. [Part 2. A Commonwealth Collection. By a. J. Campbell, Col. Mem. INTRODUCTION. Following on Mr. Milton S. Ray's thoughtful remarks in defence of oology, reprinted in part from The Condor (California) in The Emu, vol. X., pp. 54-56, and the statement of the late Dr. P. L. Sclater, in an address before the British Ornithologists' Club, that he "rejoiced in the prog
. The Emu : official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Ornithology; Birds. Jhe £mu Official Organ of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. " Bir^s of 2^ fczitber.' Vol. XIII.] 1ST OCTOBER, 1913. [Part 2. A Commonwealth Collection. By a. J. Campbell, Col. Mem. INTRODUCTION. Following on Mr. Milton S. Ray's thoughtful remarks in defence of oology, reprinted in part from The Condor (California) in The Emu, vol. X., pp. 54-56, and the statement of the late Dr. P. L. Sclater, in an address before the British Ornithologists' Club, that he "rejoiced in the progress of oology" {vide Emu, vol. xi., p. 260), I make no apology for giving a description (howbeit only superficial) of the magnificent collection of Australian eggs, the property of Mr. H. L. White, , Belltrees, New South Wales. At the close of the Sydney session of the , October, 1911, by the kind invitation of Mr. White, Mr. D. Le Souef and myself proceeded to Belltrees and inspected this collection, much to our pleasure and instruction. Belltrees homestead is about 20 miles from Scone, on the Sydney-Brisbane railway, where we left the line. The up-to-date home is situated near the Upper Hunter River, which courses through fertile fiats over a pebbly bottom, between banks fringed with shapely sheoaks {Casitarina). Surrounding it is an amphi- theatre of hills dominated by the double-headed peak of Woolooma, distant about () miles, 5,000 feet above sea-level (see Emu, vol. viii., p. 2). Among persons interested in pastoral pursuits Belltrees is a household word throughout Australia, but two reasons may be mentioned why it is historical—(i) Richard Hoddle, the year before he laid out the city of Melbourne, surveyed a portion of Belltrees estate for the grandfather of Mr. White ; (2) John Gould, the great ornithologist, collected in the district, and stopped at Yarrundi, a few miles from Scone, at the residence of his brother- in-law, Mr. C. Coxen (a pictu
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