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[15 th October 1948] always a little bit surprised to see this bird - 
between occurrences I virtually forget its 
existence! White Cockatoos were making 
an awful din and I thought until I 
saw an AUSTRALIAN GOSHAWK, that I was 
the intruder! A swallow had built its 
nest on the hollow burnt-out inside of a 
trunk and it contained young. 
I had so far met several 
Blue-tongued lizards (and later met several 
other pairs) and was not surprised, though 
totally unprepared when I nearly stood on 
a large tiger snake. A beautiful brown 
specimen with black banding. It lay quite 
still watching me with beady eye, I was 
surprised at its great girth, which with 
a total length of 2 Vi - 3 feet and abrupt 
tapering of the tail made it squat. 
I then took the car down into 
the scrub and immediately I was 
writing new birds into my book - EASTERN SPINE-BILL, 
WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER, BROWN-HEADED HONEYEATER and 
RED WATTLE-BIRD. A Yellow-tailed Thornbill was 
