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[26th September 1948] wind. It was also almost birdless! 
As well I slipped and jammed my 
hand between two logs -very luckily not 
breaking a finger. 
Birds noted down were SCARLET ROBIN 
MAGPIE, YELLOW ROBIN, KOOKABURRA, GREY FANTAIL 
FAIRY-MARTINS, BROWN THORNBILL, WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER 
WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER, YELLOW-WINGED HONEYEATER, 
FAN-TAILED CUCKOO, RED-TIPPED PARDALOTE, NATIVE THRUSH 
MOUNTAIN THRUSH, CRIMSON ROSELLA, WHITE-BROWED SCRUB- 
WREN 
BLUE-WREN and RUFOUS BRISTLE-BIRD. The latter 
I watched closely for half-an-hour after an 
hours waiting had been necessary for it 
to appear. I got a beautiful view of it 
and its actions as it ran in and out 
amongst the bracken. This was the only 
observation worth while (except recording the 
Mountain Thrush in that locality) in the 
whole afternoon. But it was a fine 
days work as a whole and including 
the day before it was a very fine 
week-ends birding. And it was the plains 
that gave me the material! 
