135 [page number]

[29th August]
and quite impenetrable. Going through there 
before I had wet my lips at what 
must have dwelt in that lush green 
tangle. But it was silent except for the song 
of the RUFOUS FANTAIL, and so impractical 
that we moved on and I felt not a little foolish. 
We had lunch at Wyelangta and watched 
a pair of WEDGE-TAILED EAGLES playing. Later 
we stopped a little further on where before 
(21.3.48) and seen many birds. But apart 
from many BROWN THORNBILLS there was nothing.
  By this time we had done a lot 
of motoring for very little return in the way 
of birds. So I hurriedly made for 
the old saw-mill by Gellibrand which 
I visited (7.12.47) before and there we had better
luck -  
YELLOW ROBIN                                             GREY FANTAIL
WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER                   CRIMSON ROSELLAS
RUFOUS BRISTLE-BIRD                             BROWN THORNBILL
WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER                   GOLDEN WHISTLER
WHITE-THROATED TREE-CREEPER      STRIATED THORNBILL
EASTERN SPINEBILL                                  SCARLET ROBIN
  Then in the evening we moved 
off, but not before I had found the 
remains of a Wrens nest which I has so