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[January 1 st 1950] swamp which I am beginning to know so 
well. I walked beside to the river and 
there were NATIVE-THRUSHES, EASTERN ROSELLAS, 
MAGPIES, MAGPIE-LARKS. I crossed and went 
into the tussocks where I had heard the 
Cisticola. I thought I saw them again 
but on checking, they were EMU-WRENS! 
Another satisfying find. By now my 
back was beginning to feel the effect of 
the sun and I returned to the car. 
I retraced my steps, putting up 
a BRONZEWING from the road, and 
turned left on the Barongarook Rd. It 
was very much a track, getting worse 
as it went on, including detours in 
the scrub to avoid deep ruts and 
ruts in which the wheels had just 
enough purchase to drag the belly of 
the car along the ground. But I 
got through and after paying a short 
visit to Dave Lynch (and I had just 
had wits about me to notice CRIMSON 
ROSELLAS and YELLOW ROBINS in the bush). 
