. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . d morning,at twenty minutes to five, was awakened by one of these birds making its grating or rasping like noisejust at the back of the camp, and behind me as I reclined in my bunk. I took no notice, however,but next morning it was repeated, and I was awakened at 4 30 , and then became very interested,deciding to visit the spot next morning if the noise, or note, was for the third time made. Nextmorning I was again awakened by this bird, this
. Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. Catalogue and data of the "Jacaksonian oological collection," illustrated with numerous photographs .. . d morning,at twenty minutes to five, was awakened by one of these birds making its grating or rasping like noisejust at the back of the camp, and behind me as I reclined in my bunk. I took no notice, however,but next morning it was repeated, and I was awakened at 4 30 , and then became very interested,deciding to visit the spot next morning if the noise, or note, was for the third time made. Nextmorning I was again awakened by this bird, this time at nearly five oclock, so I slipped on a pairof boots, and in my pyjamas made my way through the treacherous Lawyer Vines and thorn bushes tothe part from which the sound appeared to come. I had not gone far when I saw a female Rifle Birdfly from a dark clump on top of a Scrub Cherry tree, down upon a Water Wine {Vitis hypoglauca), whichhung swing like between two trees. When I witnessed this I stood motionless, speechless, and almostbreathless with excitement, and watched the female on the vine ; she sat there for fully fifteen minutes,. NEST .\ND liGGS OK THE liiRD OK {PtUorhts paradisea), Swainson. (Nearly half of the natural size.) This was the first clutch of these eggs known to science. Loc, Booyong Scrubs, Richmond River district, (Sec ihita No. 5~i7, piige ) eyeing mc in all ways, and turning around and looking down at me side ways ; then she would spend afew minutes combing and cleaning her feathers with her long curved bill. During this performance ahandsome male bird suddenly put in an appearance, and deliberately flew down on the side of therough-barked trunk of a tall Red Cedar tree {Ccdre/a australis), within about three feet of carefully scrutinizing me all over, in a somewhat inquisitive manner, and having remained on theside of the tree for about fifteen seconds, it gave two dreadful screeches and tlien disappe
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