I had not intended to include the second, fuller report, that appears below the Dudley Le Souef odd ob. That indicates, from the high-lighted words, that I was investigating early reports relating to the stone-curlew, a species much discussed
(generally under the label ‘curlew’) in the print media of colonial Australia.
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Subject: [Canberrabirds] Cry of the Greenie
While looking through Trove for something else I came across a report of a meeting in Melbourne of the RAOU on 2 July 1919. This included the below odd ob offered by Dudley Le Souef. The reference to a ‘greenie’ suggests that the
honeyeater was a White-plumed. They have that distinctive alarm call. Perhaps the meerkats at our local zoo will react in a similar way to the cries of Noisy Miners. At least look around, one would expect.
