. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . et of 2 eggs, of a light bluish-grey variety. Taken at Browns River Road, Tasmania, by M. W. Harrison, on the 15th of September, 1894. Specimen \. measures = r23 x 0-91. TDirsL^sj^^ic <^. 619 588 6 BALD COOT OR RED BILL, Porphyria melationotiis, set of six well marked eggs, taken in Alipou Swamp, South Grafton, , by Sid. , on the 25th of October, 1S93. During our collecting trips on the swamps we used a flat-b
. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . et of 2 eggs, of a light bluish-grey variety. Taken at Browns River Road, Tasmania, by M. W. Harrison, on the 15th of September, 1894. Specimen \. measures = r23 x 0-91. TDirsL^sj^^ic <^. 619 588 6 BALD COOT OR RED BILL, Porphyria melationotiis, set of six well marked eggs, taken in Alipou Swamp, South Grafton, , by Sid. , on the 25th of October, 1S93. During our collecting trips on the swamps we used a flat-bottomed cedar canoe, 10 feet long, specially built for the purpose. The Podiceps, as she wasnamed, rendered us much valuable assistance when examining the large swamps of the Clarence Riverdistrict in quest of eggs. Specimen .V. measures = 212 x 1-42. Ill J^-j THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. IHita Campbells No. ofNo. Book. Eggs. 620 584 6 NATIVE HEN, Trihonyx niortieri, Du Bus. Beautiful set of 6 eggs, taken by M. \V. Harrison, on the isth of November, 1894, on Wilsons Swamp, New Norfolk Road, Tasmania. Specimen A. measures = 2-22 x The Podiceps, the canoe used while nesting on the Clarence River Swamps of New South Wales. 621 585 2 BLACK-TAILED NATIVE HEN, Microiiibonyx vcntvalis, of eggs, taken by J T. Gillespie in the Riverina, Victoria, on the loth of October, A. measures = 1-85 x 1-27. 622 587 2 BLUE BALD COOT, Jorpliviio , pair of eggs, taken by S. Hall, near Lake Muir, Southwest Australia, on the ist of January,1896. Specimen A. measures = 2-17 x 1-46. 623 589 4 COOT, Fiilica australis, ( of 4 eggs, taken by Frank and Sid. W. Jackson on the loth of November, 1895. The nestwas built in rushes on the edge of a small creek, si.\ miles from South Grafton, Although thesebirds frequent the swamps and creeks of the Clarence River district in thousands, yet their nests arevery rare and hard to find. The above
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