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[5.12.53] BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE and GREY-CROWNED 
BABBLER. We set off from the New 
Gunyah Hotel at 9.0 pm., travelling 
west, past large stands of belar (Callitris). 
Just west of Urana, is a large lake - a 
mass of dead trees in shallow evaporating, 
the banks of which had a vigorous 
copice growth in which was a White- 
plumed Honeyeater feeding young in a nest 
and in which I got an extremely good 
view of a Pardalote - red-spot & white on 
primaries [guess] + all. 
We filled with petrol at 
Jerilderie, had some tea and toast and 
went on west, with the creek running by 
us on the north, being fed by creeks over 
which we crossed - reedy & full of warblers, 
being a faint reminder of Wanganella. 
Just before Cobargo, I pulled the car 
in under the shade and went for a 
short walk along one of those creeks. There 
I saw YELLOW ROSELLAS in pairs, and, 
crossing the creek on a log, came into a 
