[Journal] March 6-November 22, 1933
Page 11
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and like the previous one it stomed was full full of grass and take worms somewhat larger about 3 em long the stomach of the Petara was almost empty and what was in it was green so my conclusion that it was eating the red berries of the Umbrella Tree is incorrect I went out shooting last night on the path to Orange but my shooting was hardly off I missed a night hawk by the road and just on other side (Orange) I also missed a mammal of some sort judging from the size of it the eyes of fairly good size he was fleeing over the top of a rock above the trail I went on about a mile and then turned back. I missed a lot but it was rather dark just before entering the last rainforest and just around the bend from the place where I shot at the animal I missed a frog- mouth and shortly afterwards I shot and probably hit a bird sailing over head for I heard him crash into its hill. Just before rounding the bend onto the rise I missed twice what I now some was a Petaras for his eye shone in the same way as the first one when I fired at him on down the trunk of the tree. I did not see him after the second shot. Again I missed that frog mouth that was setting in the crotch of a tree. I shot a bright jar just before getting to camp that was setting on a branch of a fallen tree but missed another that was in a similar but just a little way off. March 12. 1933 I had very little luck with my tiger I got only a Light Brown set in at no.4. I got into camp about 9.45 and shot the morning writing and Edamson came in about eleven go on shooting moon hours until two or three in the afternoon talking over the trip to Dr Albert Edward I'm the evening I went shooting but did not see anything. I missed old I believe was another or possibly the same as last night, a Petaras in a tree by the river across the path from last night his was in an umbrella tree. I did not go far only to the other side of the woods coming back I chased a night hawk around but did not get at it.