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[25.6.48] of this birds and then tearing away to the 
plane - too laughable for words! Nothing of 
particular interest was seen at Rockhampton or 
Brisbane except a white Egret near the 
latter airfield. 
26-27.6.48 Two days in Sydney - not bird 
83 watching - but the suburban birds added 
(8) several to the list - RED-WHISKERED BULBULS, INDIAN 
MINAH, STARLING, GOLDFINCH, YELLOW ROBIN, BLUE-WREN, 
NATIVE-THRUSH, RED-WATTLE-BIRD, and round 
a fishing boat well out to sea many 
ALBATROSSESS (sp?). And that brought up the 
holidays total. Very satisfactory on all 
counts even though it was the bird's 
off-season. Whether anything in it is 
worth recording I don't know. I am 
writing away to Barker in Brisbane to see 
if I have anything of importance which 
may be worth publishing but I doubt 
it. At any rate, to a Victorian it 
was a marvellous holiday, even apart 
from the birds. And I must say 
that it gave me an urge to find 
some way in which I could spend 
my whole time after them. 
