[Journal] March 6-November 22, 1933
Page 137
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August 30, 1933 Last night I went shooting up the road towards Murr. I only went as far as the stream. On my way out I shot a Brown red frog-mouth when I first caught the red gleam of his eye he was probably 80 meters off and I had got several breathless moments when I got approached I shot him about 35m. I saw nothing until I returned when on Sunday a chap lent a short distance from where I stopped I got to within 12m of a Red-frog-mouth which as it first was sitting on a stump by the trail he very kindly waited while I changed the Tri for 40's. A short way nearer came and in what looks to be the same tree as before I saw and shot, this time with BB's, a Pseudochim he looked to be hungry head downwards in a clump of bamboo both eyes shone a glowing red I could not find him but the morning Christmas