[Journal] March 6-November 22, 1933
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hint and I saw that it was a smallist grey brown bat with large pointed ears. I backed off a little way and shot evidently blowing it off the trail and lost for over. May 14 1935 I went out shooting in the morning and succeeded in getting a few new species to his collection. In the afternoon while I was out a native brought in a Phalanger, the small species for which I gave him a small glass of rye. I spent the afternoon skinning it. As this was no advantage, it took rather long and it was not possible to get all the fat off. May 15 1935 I went with Rand to see the Bower bird's down-ground. The first was rather small and did not show much sign of recent use. The second was some what fresh, while the second gave clearly in me as some scars that Rand had put in the race track were removed. The race track was an oval of moss 800 x 650m with a brush or sticks in the center around which small sticks had been fast nailed to a height of 45cm, up to the height of its first ½ way of its sticks were broken off evenly to form a circle. After that they are rather rough. I continued on the native trail to Ksaddle on the other side when I went down to the main road or trail. about 11 o'clock I went back up to photograph the Bower and I saw the pair of birds feeding about 15 meters away of the leaf covered hill side. In the afternoon I was at replacing the broken bands to my large knife. On May 14 1933 I went up the ridge by the native trail. It climbs at first quite steep and then comes up and down on top of different covered knapridged full, then steeply down to the saddle I saw few birds a couple of long tailed parrots some fairly large bird that was now fairly recently a squirrel and a broad billed fly-catcher which I shot; a cotho strike while I went to places with the box and several friendly fly catchers. I then climbed the first hill which was very steep. I shot of large pigeon on the bit he dropped into a mess of mud and I could not find it. On could get a fine view of the main range when there were no clouds I could only see what a thing is but Victoria