TASMANIAN FIELD NATURALISTS* BULLETIN 
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UNUSUAL OBERSERV ATIONS? 
Ob tie 31 et. October while on the bank of Penstock Lagoon 
I observed an albino pipit. Its head was pure white with a 
pinkish coloured bill and black eyes. Its back and wings were 
streaked brown and the outer tail feathers were white. The breast 
and flanks were off white with only light streaking on the breast 
and its legs were straw coloured. This rather attractive little 
bird had the habit of bobbing its tail up and while perching on 
top of saall bushes. 
On 7th. November, while bird watching at Renwood's Lagoon 
(between Copping and Dunalley), I noticed a black cormorant 
swallowing a large black snake. The snake was so large that it 
took the cormorant about 2 minutes to force it down. 
SOUTHPORT LAGOON OUTING, SATURDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 
