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[7.3.48] many WHITE-CHEEKED HONEYEATERS, mostly young in 
brown plumage. I returned up the hill to hear 
GANG-GANGS in the neighbourhood and see a flock 
of YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILLS disappear up into a tree. 
I also saw another thornbill which I at first 
thought was a striated thornbill but which had 
rather a reddish rump and white-tipped tail. 
White we were having tea an EASTERN SPINEBILL 
probed delicately in a nearby tree, a KOOKABURRA 
flew over and a RED WATTLE-BIRD cackled. I then 
went back to that thornbill, found him and 
at long last got a good look at him before he 
was chased away by a STRIATED THORNBILL. 
It was in fact a CHESTNUT-TAILED THORNBILL - the 
second brand "new bird" for the day. Which 
just goes to show what can be done on a 
Sunday's afternoon's outing. 
9+10.3.48 On the Monday + Tuesday I did the 
(31)(36) Moloney testing + immunisation of children at 
(46) Forrest (9.0 am), Tanybryn (9.45 am), Apollo Bay (10.30), 
Beech Forest (1.30 pm) Gellibrand (2.30 pm) and Carlisle 
River (3.15 pm). It was a long trip, about 120 
miles but each day gave beautiful weather 
and it was most enjoyable throughout. I took 
Taylor, the Borough Health Inspector, with me who 
