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[28 th Jan 1957] MOUNTAIN THRUSH singing beautifully in 
the heat of the afternoon (4.0pm). 
CRESCENT HONEYEATERS more common 
and LORIKEETS (sp?) were noisy. 
Mike saw what he thinks was 
an Azure Kingfisher on the stream just 
before we left for home but I did 
not see it. 
29 th January - Tuesday. After lunch I walked 
[1957] over to the Betka with Michael, Jonathan 
and Paul Maugher. For the most part 
we were in the heathland which 
is so typical a few hundred yards 
behind the dunes - but we saw no 
typical birds! We forded the Davis 
a few hundred yards from its mouth 
and found ourselves in light eucalypt 
among which was growing a banksia 
with saw-edged leaves and huge flowers. 
There I saw the PURPLE-GAPED HONEYEATERS 
- an almost certain identification, but 
about which I am going to write to 
Norm Wakefield. We bathed at the 
