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[14.10.52]
at 8.0 am. There had been no rain and
scarcely any wind since we arrived the previous
evening. Today shone bright with a cloudless sky.
It was perfect weather with a fresh northerly spring
up late in the morning. We followed our previous
route in search of the Ground Parrot, adding to the 
list the RED WATTLE-BIRD, EASTERN SPINE BILL (in the bush)
and KESTREL, DUSKY WOODSWALLOW, SOUTHERN EMU-WREN
YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER, GOSHAWK, YELLOW-TAILED BLACK
COCKATOO in the heath. We went thoroughly over
the area where we had seen the parrot before
but could not flush it. We continued the search 
and eventually sought shade in a patch of
timber of several acres in the centre of the heath.
There we saw the RUFOUS WHISTLER and had a 
very interesting (and instructive) view of the GOLDEN
and HORSFIELD BRONZE-CUCKOO, comparing their call,
plumage and field characteristics - all within
a quarter of an hour.
    Setting off homewards we flushed the 
TAWNY-CROWWED HONEYEATER and as we approached 
camp, saw the BROWN THORNBILL in the branches of
felled gums. We rested after lunch and set out