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[27^^ March 1955] Sitellas was good to hear! ! They were very 
definitely BLACK-CAPPED SITELLAS. The going 
was very rough and at one stage, Max 
who was in front of me staggered 
backwards. I gave him what I 
thought was a helpful push, to be 
answered with an irate yell, for he 
was backing from a large snake - our 
fourth for the day. 
We had come well down the 
stream before we spotted the track 
below us, that Max had found on a 
previous occasion. We dropped 
thankfully down onto it and to 
easier walking. We walked upstream 
again to the weir which the track 
served, rested and then set off down 
the track at about 3.30. The 
track was easy walking, but led 
gradually to the north to skirt a 
large swamp on which was a 
WHITE-FACED HERON. 
