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[27.7.47] CUMBERLAND we saw a pair of GREY CURRAWONGS whose call 
I had forgotten, YELLOW ROBINS whose call was again 
everywhere, YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILLS and STRIATED THORNBILLS 
one of which was so tame that it remained literally 
at our feet as we approached, GREY FANTAILS feeding 
in the rain from branches and over the river, 
KOOKABURRAS (silent again!) and on a stone in the 
middle of the stream a ROSE ROBIN - the existence of 
which I had completely forgotten. 
11, 13.8.47 On these two windy showery days I got calls to 
(8) Larpent. MAGPIES were plentiful everywhere, particularly 
by a pine plantation. From the ground on the windward 
side they would rise and sweep up and backwards over 
the pines. MAGPIE-LARKS were all round water and farms. 
The NATIVE THRUSHES were extremely common on the roads by 
young plantations and by farms where also were WILLIE- 
WAGTAILS + SCARLET ROBINS. A pair of EASTERN ROSELLAS rose 
from the trees by a stream and nearby a flock of 
GOLDFINCHES on a haystack was watched over by a 
BROWN HAWK perched on a fence-post. 
14.8.47 A call came to go down to Yeodene. MAGPIES + MAGPIE- 
(19) LARKS were plentiful throughout the open country. On 
Ball's Dam were PURPLE-WATER-HENS just where I had 
always remembered seeing them, feeding on the 
banks by the most "rushy" part of the dam. On 
