Summary
Image taken by A.J. Campbell in preparation for his definitive work, 'Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds including the Geographical Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon', published by Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, England in 1900. The image was used to illustrate the nest of the species, and Campbell noted: 'Nest - Large, bowl shaped, composed of coarse cemented mud scantily lined inside with matted stringy-bark, grass, and sometimes with fur and feathers, and conspicuously placed on any convenient horizontal limb of a tree in open forest or belt of timber. (See illustrations.) Dimensions over all of an average nest, 8 ¢ inches by 6 ¢ inches in depth; egg cavity 7 inches across by 3 inches deep.'
Description of Content
Four speckled eggs in the nest of a Corcorax which appears to be constructed with mud. There are feathers in the nest.
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Natural Science, Museum Victoria
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Place Depicted
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Photographer
Archibald J. Campbell, Australia, 1892
In the Flied Nats article from Dec 1899 Campbell refers to this trip to the Murray Riverina. Then in his latter book he refers to the actual date of collection of the clutch as 5th Nov 1892. -
Place Specimen Collected
Murray River, Victoria, Australia, 05 Nov 1892
In the Flied Nats article from Dec 1899 Campbell refers to this trip to the Murray Riverina. Then in his latter book he refers to the actual date of collection of the clutch as 5th Nov 1892. -
Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Dimensions
15 cm (Width), 10.5 cm (Height)
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