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23'"^ Nov. - 1953. - . The 'early-to-bed' meant 
(53) I was wide awake at 5.0 a.m. so I got 
(85) up and stole quietly forth. It was 
a warm sunny morning with the call 
of a whip-bird echoing across the harbour. 
I first walked over a causeway onto 
a low island with a few banksias. I 
saw some WHITE-FRONTED CHATS but none 
of the waders I had hoped for. So then 
I walked on the road up the cliff and 
was able to find some smaller birds 
which I had no doubt sped by in 
the car with no time to see before - 
BROWN THORNBILL - SILVEREYE • YELLOW-FACED 
HONEYEATER • GOLDEN BRONZE-CUCKOO and 
PALLID CUCKOO. 
I had been too lazy to write 
this up the previous night, so got 
half the day before written up before 
breakfast. After settling our account, I 
got my punctured tyre mended (Sale, the 
previous day) and found I will have 
to get a new tyre, though it only had 
