. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . line-like streaks of heavy sepia and umber. Specimen A. is a beautiful egg, and is coveredmore than the others with the long and twisted hieroglyphic-like markings. In shape and size the foureggs are very uniform, and specimen A. measures = x 1-19. They were taken by Ci. W. Carter,on the Murray River Swamps ofVictoria, on the 21st of December,1892. This is the only set of theseeggs I have ever seen. SEA CURLEW,Nitmenius cyanopus, Vieillot. (
. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . line-like streaks of heavy sepia and umber. Specimen A. is a beautiful egg, and is coveredmore than the others with the long and twisted hieroglyphic-like markings. In shape and size the foureggs are very uniform, and specimen A. measures = x 1-19. They were taken by Ci. W. Carter,on the Murray River Swamps ofVictoria, on the 21st of December,1892. This is the only set of theseeggs I have ever seen. SEA CURLEW,Nitmenius cyanopus, Vieillot. (Australian set.)This is a magnificent set of 4eggs, and they are the first of theirkind taken in Australia. They werefound near the sea shore on thenorthern coast of Western Australia,by L. Dumas, on 23rd November,1899. The rare eggs of this speciesare not described in A. J. Campbellsgreat work, published in 1900, onthe Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds. On page S05 he says :— The eggs, however, are unknown, but by analogy we can understandthat, like other Curlews, the Australian lays four large eggs of a mottled olive-green appearance. He. A morning s work amoni; the cg^s of tiie Wlme-iieiiiicii Still. (About one-6fleenth of the natural size ) Loc, Duck Swamp, Clarence River, New South Wales. 150 No. in Data Campbells No. of No. Book. £kks. IHF. OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. was correct, for both this and the following set answer his latter description. Unfortunately his bookwas in the press before these and the Norwegian eggs came to hand, and, of course, they arrived toolate for their descriptions to appear in it. The four eggs measure as follows, in inches :—Specimen 262 X I 93. Specimen B. = 26y x i()^. Specimen C. = 275 x i 93. Specimen U. =^■6^ X I 95. The eggs are very pyriform, or pear-shaped, and specimens A. and B. are more so thanC. and 1)., resembling a schoolboys peg-top in form, one end being very pointed, and the other broadand rounded, tho
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