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[15.11.47] sun warm and the bush smelling strongly. A pair 
of WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATERS fed in the outer foliage of 
the young gums, STRIATED THONNBILLS *[THORNBILLS] and GREY FANTAILS 
were extremely plentiful. A WHITE-THROATED WOOD SWALLOW 
TREE-CREEPER bathed in a pool in the track and preened 
himself at stops en route the the tree-top. A WHITE-BROWED 
SCRUB-WREN rather surprisingly hopped up onto the top 
of a log surveying the bush about him. 
Back at the car a SCARLET ROBIN hovered 
round as we had tea. I then walked on the fringe 
of the bush in open forest and first saw a pair 
of DUSKY WOODSWALLOWS HAWK I NG hawking above the trees. 
A JACKY WINTER flew from stump to stump and eventually 
flew angrily at a KOOKABURRA which flew off to join 
several others in a wild chorus of laughing. CRIMSON 
ROSELLAS fringed the bush and from the stream below 
rose a solitary HERON. A KESTREL flew over the bracken 
from a dead ring-barked tree. The last sounds from 
the bush as we left were the calls of YELLOW-FACED 
HONEYEATERS and a FANTAIL CUCKOO. As we 
climbed out of the valley a large grey kangaroo 
thumped along by the car. 
16.11.47 The following day I set out at 5.45 am for 
(28) Grub Lane on the Geelong-Queenscliffe Road to 
join the G.G.S. Bird Club camp under Mr 
