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I so well remember.
  When we arrived at Buenelle I was greeted with
CRIMSON ROSELLAS, a WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER and a GREY
FANTAIL - a very welcome trio to find in one's own
garden.
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  Besides the three birds mentioned above, Colac was
soon found to have a large population of its own.
MAGPIE-LARKS, MAGPIES and even a KOOKABURRA was heard
calling in the morning (though it is possible that it
was not a wild bird). TURTLE DOVES were plentiful
in pairs, and these I can never remember having
seen in Colac before. SPARROWS and STARLINGS of course!
[crossed out] YELLOW [/crossed out] RED-WATTLE-BIRDS are plentiful, particularly round
the Hospital. But the most surprising increase
in the numbers of SILVER GULLS which are all over
Colac in small groups or in large flocks, feeding
in back-yards, roads and empty blocks. The variety
and number of birds was well exemplified by a
walk Joan and I took through the gardens on
this Sunday - a fine sunny afternoon, STRIATED
THORNBILLS, YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILLS, GOLDFINCHES, BLACKBIRDS,
SWALLOWS, WHITE-PLUMED HONEYEATER, NATIVE THRUSHES and
CRIMSON ROSELLAS in large numbers in that immature
plumage which once puzzled me so. These birds,
with many of the others mentioned above were in