. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . it the following day. Duringthe night a violent storm brought downa giant Eig Tree (Fiats macrophylla), which,clearing a path for itself in the scrub, in turnbrought down the tree with the nest. and I set to work afterwards look-ing amongst the fallen debris, and after anhours diligent search we found a large portionof the nest, with fragments of the handsomeeggs. Severe storms at Booyong were of common occurrence, and destroyed at dif
. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . it the following day. Duringthe night a violent storm brought downa giant Eig Tree (Fiats macrophylla), which,clearing a path for itself in the scrub, in turnbrought down the tree with the nest. and I set to work afterwards look-ing amongst the fallen debris, and after anhours diligent search we found a large portionof the nest, with fragments of the handsomeeggs. Severe storms at Booyong were of common occurrence, and destroyed at different times several sets of eggs of the various species, whichwe were watching with the view to taking. The fifth nest was found on the 4th of December, and wassituated in a mass of parasitical tree climbing ferns (Polypodiiim), and placed at a lieight of 30 feet inthe umbrageous foliage at the top of a small Scrub Cherry tree {ELrodemircn austrah), in the scrub onthe flat across Unio Creek, about three hundred yards from our camp at Booyong. This creekreceived its name from us on account of the large and beautiful pearl-bearing mussels (Unio. Wni McEnerny going up the pole to the second nest of \V. Rifle Bird of Paradise. Loc . Booyong Scrubs, Richmond River district, 119 No, ID CainpbeUft No. ofNo. Book. Efrgs. THE JACKSONIAN \L COLLECTION. tiovie hollandia) which we found in it. The latter nest I found by noticing the female tugging at a verylong piece of cast off snake skin, which was caught in amongst some Barrister vines (MezoneuronScortechinii), and after releasing it she flew with it to the nest, and carefully arranged it on same. Afterwitnessing this I rested in the shade a little further away, and with the field glasses watched her visitthe nest again four times within half an hour, and each trip she brought snake skins to it. I thencarefully took the bearings of the tree containing the nest, and left the spot feeling thoroughly satisf
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