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Wed.
June 9.
Weather now fair. Dugfield poor. Water not a scent
wally. Try Gals stipulation. Boil day. Plane in
at 4 p.m. Harvested mm x "Snowy" Baker arrived for
Corn Creek. Gallup of "Frank Roods" due by plane.
mid night
Thu.
June 10.
Shot 8 cuscus on ground in flood forest. Three
phascogales in traps. 2 p.m. Van + I went up Mt.
Shea (620 ft.). Conditions shrubby & unattractive.
Sund.
June 13.
Trip with Lin, Pinwell & Norr to within 4 miles of
Pascre River crossing. (see below).
Large wallaby or Wallaroo? Shot by Barry Fisher.
Between Claudie & New Claudie air strips. Male. Weight.
56 lbs. Sandy colour, + scarcely darker than Sand
Wallaby. Dimensions: Total length (taken by Don Vernon)
73 1/2 in. ( ? ); tail, 33 (838); hind foot,
9 1/2 ( ? ); Ear (from notch), 3 3/4 (?);
greater pirth (?), 27 inches (?).
Skull: - Cond. head l., 154 mm.; z. b., 80; pl.l. 96.
p4, 9.8; m1, ±6; m2, ±7; m3, ±8.8; m4, ±10.
Wed.
June 16.
Extremely busy last few days. - Numerous spotted cuscuses
and fair number of trapped marsupials. Night hunting
every night.
Weather uncertain - snowy.
Sat.
June 19.
Very busy last few days. More cuscuses; a spring Antechinus,
a badger. A cold snap last night, with minimum 58°
June 21.
Don caught a large & P. maculatus with tiny pouch young.
The mother weighed 8lbs 4oz. The young was given to us
(Combe no. 10945).