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[3.9.47]
SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO was feeding by itself in a 
paddock and, as Joan suggested, its discolouration
may well have been due to nesting. In the bush
were numerous GREY FLYCTCHERS, SCARLET ROBINS, 
YELLOW ROBINS, YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATERS and NATIVE 
THRUSHES. A single KOOABURRA was seen in open forest
as were the [crossed out]YELLOW[/crossed out] RED WATTLE-BIRDS in brush and
saplings. One BLACKBIRD looked very out of place 
in the "township" of Irrewillipe. A BLACK-FACED 
CUCKOOSHRIKE was glimpsed by Irrewillipe. A
BLUE-WREN and a BROWN HAWK were seen in the 
Rises and as we were just leaving them with 
the sun setting behind us a SILVER GULL flew,
brilliantly white against a black cloud.
14.9.47  After the fill up of the previous afternoon we
[circled]43[/circled] made good use of my first week-end off for
some weeks by rising at 6.0 A.M. and setting 
forth for Lorne. It was a glorious morning
giving promise to an exceptionally fine day â€“
what in fact it turned out to be. The
morning was soft-coloured before the sun made
the landscape hot. MAGPIES were on the plains
in their hundred and as we passed Warncoort
school a pair mobbed a [crossed out]RAVEN[/crossed out] [crossed out]CROW[/crossed out] RAVEN bringing it to
the ground. One NOISY MINER was on a fence  â€“