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[20th (Thursday)]
it once before and it had been some
25 years since its nest had been
found. I had a very good
view of the little greenish bird.
   In the evening we had a social
evening at which Joan distinguished
herself by answering more questions
in the quiz than any of the 'so-called
ornithologists!
21st (Friday) Our last day in camp and a
quite one. In the morning we went
round the beach to Stewart's Bay. We
found a snake trying to eat a
small possum. The head was
covered with saliva but had been
ejected when it stuck at the
shoulders. The snake was trying
to get one of the hind legs down
when we found it. Even touching
its tail did no more than make
it twitch. However it died rapidly
when I I whanged it! At the
Bay I saw a family of STRONG-[BILLED HONEYEATERS]