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[10.4.49] All those birds, owing to the tameness of the 
many domestic duck. On the water, were 
less timid than they usually are and 
with the glasses, excellent views of the 
details of their plumage were obtained as 
well as the COOT diving for waterweed and 
the DUSKY MOORHEN Pi eating blades of grass. 
In the nearby pines were the (same) noisy 
flock of YELLOW-WINGED HONEYEATERS. 
In the afternoon we went to the mouth 
of the river (on which were a pair of SWANS, a 
few LITTLE PIED CORMORANTS and a solitary GULL) where 
I went for a walk into the sand hills. There 
were BLUE WRENS, WHITE-BROWED SCRUB-WRENS, SILVEREYE 
and BROWN THORNBILLS. A WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER 
appeared at dusk in the garden when the 
lagoon was covered with darting SWALLOWS. 
Avery ordinary day -very different 
from that at Aireys at the beginning of 
April last year which was almost a record. 
But the weather was quite different and I 
did not go far in search of birds other 
than in the most desultory manner 
