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25 April 1948
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  Joan and I with Michael, took Nel Maloney 
out into the bush at Yeodene, just past [?] for tea. 
It was a lovely afternoon and I had time to 
stand and observe â€“ which lead to a most 
humiliating identification. Birds seen on the way and 
in the bush                                 WHITE-FRONTED CHATS              RAVENS             
MAGPIE                                      STARLING                                          MAGPIE-LARK
SWALLOW                                 WILLIE-WAGTAIL                              PIPIT
SCARLET ROBIN                     YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILL      EASTERN SWAMPHEN
SWAN                                          SPUR-WINGED PLOVER               YELLOW-FACED HEN
WHITE-EARED HON.               BLUE WRENS                                  NOISY MINER
NATIVE THRUSH                      EASTERN ROSELLA                      YELLOW ROBIN
WHITE-THROATED TR-CR.   CRIMSON ROSELLA                      WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER
WHITE-BR. SCRUB-WREN    GREY FANTAIL                                SPOTTED PARDALOTE.  
  And the Thornbills. Having seen many 
"Striated Thornbills" I saw a bird in a Banksia 
which [underlined]was[/underlined] a STRIATED THORNBILL which led me 
back to the other and more numerous bird, in fact 
a bird which is one of the commonest in the 
district. It was reidentified as the BROWN 
THORNBILL. Ever since I was a boy when the 
Thornbill with the striated chest was called the 
Striated Thornbill I have uncritically accepted it 
as such despite the fact that my room in 
England there for the past eight years has been