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[13 th October 1948] Mackay to Proserpine in Queensland. In it 
we saw a number of birds (including large 
numbers of Corellas) - SWAMP HARRIERS (Glenelg R.) 
WHISTLING EAGLE, CRIMSON ROSELLA, KOOKABURRA, 
PALLID CUCKOO, DUSKY WOOD-SWALLOW, BLUE WREN, 
YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILL, NATIVE THRUSH, BROWN TREE- 
(29) CREEPER. 
Derrill [guess] was 5 miles down the 
road from the Langkoop school and 
we arrived at 4.30. It is a lovely 
property consisting almost entirely of 
that open forest with superb red gums 
standing on brilliant green grass and 
among them many recently shorn sheep. 
The homestead is built of Mt Gambier 
stone and looks SE over a swamp 
Vi mile in diameter in which stand 
many dead trees and around the edge 
are red gums. The day was 
showery with a fierce SW wind 
so birds were not much in evidence 
but as soon as I had had some 
