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[14.9.47] post opposite Lanigan. All my memories of Noisy 
Miners are from the paddock below Lanigan, a 
fact which is emphasised by Mr. Vernon Dennis 
who say that though he knows of them in 
abundance in that spot he has only seen 2-3 at 
Korongee the whole time he has been there. A pair 
of SHELDUCK were flying round Tarndwarncoort and 
we met them again along Birregurra and Dean's 
Marsh. In the latter place a pair were leading 
nine very new chicks by some swamp water 
in a paddock. A pair of PIPITS and a pair 
of EASTERN ROSELLAS we saw at Warncoort. At 
Birregurra FAIRY MARTINS were feeding round 
the Barwon R. and CRIMSON ROSELLAS made 
their first appearance flying by the road a 
little further on. We stopped the car to watch 
a party of 3 FAN-TAILED CUCKOO and a PALLID 
CUCKOO - the first cuckoos in spring. In the 
tree in which the former were, were a pair 
of WILLIE-WAGTAILS singing most beautifully - "Timothy 
Twitchet-Twitchet" but changing to a scolding as 
I approached. They did not appear to react to 
the cuckoos in the same tree. As we stopped we 
had opportunity to see and hear in the 
stillness more of the birds on all hands - 
