Excerpt from Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania, Vol. 2 The figures of eggs, which are of the natural size, have been reproduced by the heliotype process at the Government Printing Office, from photographs of the originals taken under the direction of the Government Printer, Mr. W. A. Gullick, and the personal Supervision of Mr. A. E. Dyer. The original drawings of birds, from which the figures have been reproduced, were made by the late Mr. Neville Cayley, who also coloured the plates of eggs in the coloured copies. The photographs of nests are the work of the Museum Photographer (mr. H. Barnes, Mr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.