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[29^^ August] and quite impenetrable. Going through there 
before I had wet my lips at what 
must have dwelt in that lush green 
tangle. But it was silent except for the song 
of the RUFOUS FANTAIL, and so impractical 
that we moved on and I felt not a little foolish. 
We had lunch at Wyelangta and watched 
a pair of WEDGE-TAILED EAGLES playing. Later 
we stopped a little further on where before 
(21.3.48) and seen many birds. But apart 
from many BROWN THORNBILLS there was nothing. 
By this time we had done a lot 
of motoring for very little return in the way 
of birds. So I hurriedly made for 
the old saw-mill by Gellibrand which 
I visited (7.12.47) before and there we had better 
luck - YELLOW ROBIN GREY FANTAIL 
WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER CRIMSON ROSELLAS 
RUFOUS BRISTLE-BIRD BROWN THORNBILL 
WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER GOLDEN WHISTLER 
WHITE-THROATED TREE-CREEPER STRIATED THORNBILL 
EASTERN SPINEBILL SCARLET ROBIN 
Then in the evening we moved 
off, but not before I had found the 
remains of a Wrens nest which I has so 
