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[5.10.47] Passing along the ridge to Beech Forest there is a pine 
plantation on the left in which sat a solitary Crimson 
Rosella and a large flock of Goldfinches flew 
down from the trees to the open ground. We here 
saw a solitary YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILL. Descending 
from Beech Forest we again saw a pair of 
WEDGE-TAILED EAGLES. They were soaring out 
from the hillside at about our level and it 
was interesting to see them use one side of 
their wedged tail for steering. A little further 
down we saw a third WHITE-GOSHAWK at 
first in a tree with much foliage and 
from there it flew to a fence-post by the 
road. Another view of a beautiful bird. 
The only further bird seen was in the 
Gellibrand Valley where DUSKY WOOD-SWALLOWS 
were numerous. One bird, the FLAME ROBIN 
which we saw in Turtons Pass brings to a 
very handsome total the birds seen during 
the day, particularly as nearly the whole 
time was spent in the car. 
23.10.47 I had a call to Balintore in the morning - the northern 
(19) shores of Lake Colac. Heavily settled with dairy farms 
it is an undulating country liberally strewn with 
volcanic rocks with groups of pine trees and cypruses *[cypresses]. 
