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[27.12.47]
PLOVERS rested in pairs by the lake's edge. In
the country round about were seen SKYLARKS,
WHITE-FRONTED CHATS and a SWAMP-HARRIER, the
latter feeding along the shore.
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  A hot sunny day I spent by myself
exploring the Stony Rises between Pirron Yallock
and Pomborneit. I turned down the Hawk's Nest
Road where I saw (a family of?) four
WHISTLING EAGLES about a swamp, perched on
rocks and stumps watching carefully. I stopped
after about six miles just by a large and 
very dead snake on the road. Though I 
spent the whole day scrambling over the 
rocks in that notorious snake country I
never caught site *[sight] of a live one though
I kept a very careful watch out. I did a
large circuit from the road, climbing over the
[photo] rocky borders down into the steep valleys
between them, none 
of which in that
part I found to
be swampy. The
predominant honey-
eater was immediately