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[15.11.47] centre of the dam, DUSKY MOORHENS, COOTS, SWANS, GULLS, 
SWALLOWS, FAIRY MARTINS and in exactly the same 
place as before the flock of SPUR-WINGED PLOVER. In the 
pines above the dam were YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILLS 
and a WILLIE-WAGTAIL while in the surrounding 
country there were the MAGPIES, MAGPIE-LARKS, 
GOLDFINCHES, STARLINGS and SKYLARKS. No Ravens 
were seen but new inhabitants of the dam 
were a group of BLACK DUCK. At the first turn 
past the dam we stopped by a Blue-tongued Lizard 
on the road. It curled + bucked as we stood over 
it, with mouth open and blue tongue waving. I 
picked it up and got well nipped by a closely- 
set row of fine teeth. Just further on we came 
across the BANDED PLOVER, on either side of the 
road, exactly where they were twenty days before. 
Both species of Plover would appear to be 
extraordinarily local. 
In the open forest on the ridge we saw 
EASTERN ROSELLAS and NOISY MINERS. Going down 
into the bush were the songs of the WREN, NATIVE 
THRUSH, WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER and YELLOW ROBIN. As 
we descended into the valley a small dark Wallaby bounced 
off the road. 
We strolled down a track in the bush - the 
