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[11 th September 1949] the water where I could look down 
and had a good view among 
the reeds - no nests + no crakes. I lay 
there for some time, listening to the 
WHITE-EARED HONEYEATERS in the bush 
behind and watching a pair of GANG- 
GANGS and a solitary WHITE-COCKATOO 
winging slowly south to the bush. 
And that is all there was 
for the day. A most unimpressive 
total though the short time I spent 
across the other side of the river was 
well rewarded. However we did see 
a WHITE IBIS on Ball's Dam on our 
return. 
November 2 nd 1949. I left Lome for the RAOU [Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union] 
Congress and Camp at Hobart. Three whole 
days had been spent at Lome and little 
hard work was done. A walk to Allenvale 
and down the George R. with Joan and 
Andy [guess] Newell produced a few birds- YELLOW 
TAILED BLACK COCKATOO, GANG-GANGS, OLIVE WHISTLER and [guess] 
some of the usual bush birds. A pair of KING 
