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[3.9.47] SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO was feeding by itself in a 
paddock and, as Joan suggested, its discolouration 
may well have been due to nesting. In the bush 
were numerous GREY FLYCTCHERS, SCARLET ROBINS, 
YELLOW ROBINS, YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATERS and NATIVE 
THRUSHES. A single KOOABURRA was seen in open forest 
as were the YELLOW RED WATTLE-BIRDS in brush and 
saplings. One BLACKBIRD looked very out of place 
in the "township" of Irrewillipe. A BLACK-FACED 
CUCKOOSHRIKE was glimpsed by Irrewillipe. A 
BLUE-WREN and a BROWN HAWK were seen in the 
Rises and as we were just leaving them with 
the sun setting behind us a SILVER GULL flew, 
brilliantly white against a black cloud. 
14.9.47 After the fill up of the previous afternoon we 
(43) made good use of my first week-end off for 
some weeks by rising at 6.0 A.M. and setting 
forth for Lome. It was a glorious morning 
giving promise to an exceptionally fine day - 
what in fact it turned out to be. The 
morning was soft-coloured before the sun made 
the landscape hot. MAGPIES were on the plains 
in their hundred and as we passed Warncoort 
school a pair mobbed a RAVEN CROW RAVEN bringing it to 
the ground. One NOISY MINER was on a fence- 
