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[12.6.48] PEACEFUL DOVES were caught in the chicken run and 
also that she had seen another species. The latter 
I found and confirmed to be three BAR-SHOULDERED 
DOVES which kept close to the kitchen feeding 
on the ground from scraps. In the early 
afternoon I wandered in the magnolias and saw 
in their branches a WHITE-HEADED PIGEON. It 
certainly reminded me that Queensland is the 
place for pigeons. 
We went for an afternoon cruise to 
Hook Is (Butterfly Bay) on which at the beach, 
were piles of empty oyster shells left, I am 
told by aborigines + Japanese pearlers. We had 
a long look at the coral - a fantastic world. 
The only interest in birds was the sight of 
a CRESTED TERN and chasing a Black-faced 
CUCKOO-SHRIKE out from the foliage - a SPANGLED 
DRONGO - the bird with the Lewis Carol name. 
We got back after dark when the wind had 
risen, too many of us were transferred to an 
almost water-logged flat-boat which the motor- 
boat could not pull even before it broke down. 
Fortunately our shouts were heard and 
eventually I used the oars in ferrying three 
loads, eventually wading ashore. 
