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13 th August 1949. I brought Bruce Amos back 
(24) from Melbourne, the previous day and he 
had asked me to show him the Cape Barren 
Goose, Brolga, Bower-bird + Bristle-bird. A tall 
order in fact the first was quite out of 
the question. So we started off as soon 
as we could after lunch. 
We made first for the bay on the 
west shore of L. Colac and then to 
the swamp at Balintore. Nothing of 
particular interest was seen - many 
COOTS, GREY TEALS and SILVER GULLS as 
well as a HOARY-HEADED GREBE, LITTLE PIED 
and LITTLE BLACK CORMORANTS, a few SPUR-WINGED 
PLOVERS, SWANS, MOUNTAIN DUCK, MUSK DUCK and 
SWALLOWS. 
We then passed BULLOCK SWAMP on 
the way to Wool Wool - and there we 
saw a PALLID CUCKOO, an early bird. We 
visited the Gull rookery and saw the 
islands were well tenanted with gulls. 
So we waded out and found egg-laying 
had commenced - most nests had on 
