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[25.6.48] 
of this birds and then tearing away to the
plane - too laughable for words! Nothing of
particular interest was seen at Rockhampton or
Brisbane except a white Egret near the
latter airfield. 
26-27.6.48  [margin I83 (8) [/margin]
  Two days in Sydney - not bird 
watching - but the suburban birds added
several to the list - RED-WHISKERED BULBULS, INDIAN
MINAH, STARLING, GOLDFINCH, YELLOW ROBIN, BLUE-WREN,
NATIVE-THRUSH, RED-WATTLE-BIRD, and round
a fishing boat well out to sea many 
ALBATROSSESS (sp?). And that brought up the 
holidays total. Very satisfactory on all
counts even though it was the bird's
off-season. Whether anything in it is
worth recording I don't know. I am 
writing away to Barker in Brisbane to see
if I have anything of importance which
may be worth publishing but I doubt 
it. At any rate, to a Victorian it
was a marvellous holiday, even apart
from the birds. And I must say
that it gave me an urge to find
some way in which I could spend
my whole time after them.