103 [page number]

11th May 1945 [margin][circled] 44 [/circled][/margin]
  Today I did the second round from 
Warncoort to Nalangil via Dreeite. It started 
off with drizzly rain but became clearer the 
further out in the plains we were. I had 
lunch on the shore of Lake Corangamite at the 
end of Coate's Lane. It was calm and grey, and 
felt a long way away from anywhere. The son of 
the schoolmaster at Dreeite North showed me a 
Native Cat he had trapped the day before. About 
the size of a domestic cat with small almost hand-like 
paws and a large bushy tail it had [crossed out] [?] [/crossed out] a very 
pointed snout. It was almost black with 
white spots the size of a shilling --- a very 
handsome animal. 
  After we had finished I went down 
to Tomahawk Cr[ee]k but it was raining in the 
hills and the road was to *[too] greasy to go to where 
I had seen the Spotted Quail Thrush. So I 
had tea at Barangarook West and watched 
Grey Currawongs feed on the side of the 
tree-trunks like cockatoos. The interesting 
find of the day was an Eastern Whiteface 
feeding with Yellow-tailed Thornbills on the 
ground at Dreeite. The complete list (a good 
one) of the day follows â€“