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10,11-1-48 Joan and I spent the night with 
(23) Michael at Lome with Sheila Dennis. It 
was not a real "bird-weekend" but I of 
course kept notes. Walking along the cliff above 
the rocks on the way to the beach I had 
a perfect view of two PEREGRINE FALCONS, 
perched in a dead gum above a busy 
road and in front of the houses. Half 
an hour later I was on the cliffs beyond 
the pier and looking out to the sea when I 
saw, lazily lifting itself over the waves, a 
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS, which took me back 
most nostalgically to the Orion. And what 
a contrast in avifauna within an hour- 
and what a contrast in the perfection of 
two different forms of flight! 
In the garden of the house in 
which we stayed I saw 
BLACK-BIRD 
GOLDFINCH 
RED WATTLE-BIRD 
WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER 
WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER 
After lunch on Sunday I went 
straight up the hill behind the house to 
KOOKABURRA BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE 
GREY FANTAIL WHITE-CHEEKED HONEYEATER 
NATIVE THRUSH WHITE-BROWED SCRUB-WREN 
SWALLOW STRIATED THORNBILL 
SPOTTED PARDALOTE BLUE WREN 
