. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . ble that the female Atrichia has not yet been captured ; all specimens so far obtained have been males, with the exception of one, which was caught at the nest at Booyong, near Lismore, N , and a description of which I will give in this data. I shot eleven at various times, and when I have dropped across them in pairs, yet on dissection they all proved to be male birds. My next move was to photograph the nest in its natural position ; then the
. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . ble that the female Atrichia has not yet been captured ; all specimens so far obtained have been males, with the exception of one, which was caught at the nest at Booyong, near Lismore, N , and a description of which I will give in this data. I shot eleven at various times, and when I have dropped across them in pairs, yet on dissection they all proved to be male birds. My next move was to photograph the nest in its natural position ; then the clump of sedgc-likcgrass {Cyperacea) containing the nest was dug up below the roots, all tied securely together, then carriedto the camp and packed away, and the eggs also after they were blown. This rare find createdmuch excitement and jubilation at the camp, knowing as we did that this set of eggs and the nest(which are quite unlike any others in Australia) were the first known to the scientific world. Thefollowing persons formed my nesting party, and were with me when the nest was found :—Frank T. , L. Vesper, and Jno. NEST OF THE RUFOUS SCRUB BIRD, Atrichia riifesceim, Ramsay. Loc, Don Dorrigo Scrubs, New South Wales. {Stt ilaUt No 13J.) 17 THE OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. The nest is most remarkable, and unlike any other that I know of in Australia. It is dome-shaped, with at entrance at the side, and is composed of twigs, dead grasses, leaves, etc., very looselyput together. The only firm part about it is the lining, which is most extraordinary, and resemblescoarse papier-machi:, but on closer examination of this solid body, one finds that it is a dried pulp ofsoft and decayed wood, that the bird has worked up and put together while in a wet state. The eggswere simply laid on this hard cardboard-like rounded receptacle, and not a vestige of any other materialwas in the nest. I thought perhaps the eggs had been laid before the birds had finished
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