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March. 5^^ 1954. 
It was a Friday evening 
(77) 
and I left about 5.0 pm. to stay the 
total for 317 
weekend with Max McGarvie just N.E. 
of Cavendish. Just out of Cavendish 
I killed an OWLET-NIGHTJAR in my 
car's radiator, which was a new bird 
to Max and put me nicely on top 
to start with. 
morning so I wandered round close 
to the house - noting with interest, 
large numbers of RAINBOW LORIKEETS 
together with MUSK, LITTLE and PURPLE- 
CROWNED LORIKEETS - which made all 
four occurring in Southern Victoria. 
In the afternoon we went 
into the scrub at the southern tip of 
the Grampians. It was misty open 
forest, swamping in parts, and near 
to the ranges, the undergrowth got 
much thicker. Birds of interest that 
we saw this day were EMU • SACRED 
KINGFISHER • WHITE-BROWED BABBLERS • BLACK-[CAPPED SITELLA] 
March 6^^ [1954] 
- Max was working in the 
