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25 April Joan and I with IVlicliael, tool< Nel IVIaloney 
1948 out into the bush at Yeodene, just past [?] for tea. 
(29) It was a lovely afternoon and I had time to 
stand and observe - which lead to a most 
humiliating identification. Birds seen on the way and 
WHITE-FRONTED CHATS 
STARLING 
WILLIE-WAGTAIL 
YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILL 
SPUR-WINGED PLOVER 
BLUE WRENS 
EASTERN ROSELLA 
CRIMSON ROSELLA 
GREY FANTAIL 
in the bush 
MAGPIE 
SWALLOW 
SCARLET ROBIN 
SWAN 
WHITE-EARED HON. 
NATIVE THRUSH 
WHITE-THROATED TR-CR. 
HONEYEATER 
WHITE-BR. SCRUB-WREN 
And the Thornbills. Having seen many 
"Striated Thornbills" I saw a bird in a Banksia 
which was a STRIATED THORNBILL which led me 
back to the other and more numerous bird, in fact 
a bird which is one of the commonest in the 
district. It was reidentified as the BROWN 
THORNBILL. Ever since I was a boy when the 
Thornbill with the striated chest was called the 
Striated Thornbill I have uncritically accepted it 
as such despite the fact that my room in 
England there for the past eight years has been 
RAVENS 
MAGPIE-LARK 
PIPIT 
EASTERN SWAMPHEN 
YELLOW-FACED HEN 
NOISY MINER 
YELLOW ROBIN 
WHITE-NAPED 
SPOTTED PARDALOTE. 
