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[25 th September 1948] Then I walked along the paling fence 
which runs through the swamp and 
divides Nangana and Mt Hesse properties. 
On the latter side it was dry, and I 
got a very good view of the waders. As 
I got to the dry western end of the swamp 
a STUBBLE QUAIL flushed up from my 
feet. SKYLARKS were singing above - 
and I thought it a very much better song 
than the Brown Songlark though so many 
compare the two. On my walk back to 
my car I disturbed a STRIATED FIELD - 
WREN from a tussock and [photo] 
came across the Magpie's 
nest in a windmill. It 
contained two eggs, one 
half the size of the other. 
I returned via 
Turkeith where there were 
many birds as there 
always are in that 
oasis; BLACKBIRDS, GOLDFINCHES, 
PALLID CUCKOOS + GANG-GANGS. 
