. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . , on the 17th of October, 1898. Specimen A. measures = 186 X I24. MARBLED FROGMOUTH, Podargus marmoratiis, Gould. Set of 2 eggs, which was taken at Walwa, on the Kennedy River, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, by W. Burton, on the 2nd of October, 1900. Specimen A. measures = 1-54 X I2I. LITTLE NIGHTJAR,yEgotheks tioTtc-hollandiw, of 3 eggs, which was taken from a hollowspout in a giant Red Eucalypt (Eucalyptusrostrata), situated
. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . , on the 17th of October, 1898. Specimen A. measures = 186 X I24. MARBLED FROGMOUTH, Podargus marmoratiis, Gould. Set of 2 eggs, which was taken at Walwa, on the Kennedy River, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, by W. Burton, on the 2nd of October, 1900. Specimen A. measures = 1-54 X I2I. LITTLE NIGHTJAR,yEgotheks tioTtc-hollandiw, of 3 eggs, which was taken from a hollowspout in a giant Red Eucalypt (Eucalyptusrostrata), situated near Alipou scrub. SouthGrafton, , on the 20th of September,1897, by Sid. W. Jackson and an aboriginalnamed Nymboi Jack. We frequently saw thispretty little frog-mouth bird pop its head out ofthe hollow, or hole, in a tree while my brotherwas busy chopping steps and climbing. Theaccompanying photograph shows the position ofthe hollow, from which the eggs were taken, bythe white cross, and Nymboi Jack coming downthe tree. Specimen A. measures = 112 x087. The first nest of this species which cameunder my notice, was found by me in a hollow. Aboriginal, Nymboi Jack, cominK du\ui irorn the nestof the Little NiKhtjar. The cross denotes the limb fromwhich the esgs were taken. Loc, South Grafton, Clarence River, (See data .Yo. 568.) 126 No. in Data Campbells No. of No. Book. Eggs. THK COLLECTION. tree at the foot of a mountain, during the visit of our party to the Monkey Water Holes, below PicnicIoint, near Toowoomba, Q., in October of 1883, and I have very good reason never to forget it, as wehad quite an exciting experience during that trip. One night, after a long days rambling in the scrubsand mountains, we retired in real camp-life fashion, all rolled up in blankets and huddled before a bigfire, which had been made on the flat rock in the bed of the creek, which was apparently quite dry. Allwent well until midnight, when a terrific explosio
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