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The beginning of side b probably refers to autumn and to illustrate this hypothesis I will from now on change - in the rows for the dates - the sizes of the letters and numbers. The heliacal stars of October should be our main guides, not those in April:

April 17 (107) 18 19 20
Cb1-1 (393) Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4
E tupu - ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2) 2h (30.4)
Polaris, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) Alamak (29.7), κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5)
October 18 (291) 19 20 21
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1) υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9), Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5) 14h (213.1) no star listed
Thuban (212.8), χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1)
April 21 (111) 22 23
Cb1-5 Cb1-6 Cb1-7 (399)
no star listed η Arietis (31.9) θ Arietis (33.3)
October 22 (295) 23 24
Svāti-15 / Neck-2 / A3 / T6 Al Ghafr-13 ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8)
Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8), 15 Bootis (215.2) ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5) SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8), ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5)
April 24 25 26 (116) 27
Cb1-8 Cb1-9 Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403)
Mira (33.7) ξ Arietis (35.0) no stars listed
October 25 26 27 (300) 28
Asellus Primus (217.8), τ Lupi (218.1) φ Virginis (218.7), σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5) Haris (219.7). σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2)
rutua - te pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua

October 22 is day 295 counted from January 1 in a normal year.

Counted in a leap year it becomes day 296. And then we have to reduce the day number not with 80 but with 81 in order to find the corresponding RA date. 296 - 81 = 215 (where Arcturus and κ Virginis were located).

But if we should count RA positions not from March 21 but from March 22 (to avoid the difficulty of counting from September 20), then we ought to count 296 - 82 = 212. This would not have been the position of e.g. Agena (β Centauri), that of e.g. φ Centauri (211.0).

This becomes much too complicated. Another approch:

October 18 19 20 21
Cb1-1 Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4
E tupu - ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1) υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9), Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5) 14h (213.1) no star listed
Thuban (212.8), χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1)

Here I have eliminated for instance the day numbers in October.

October 22 23 24
Cb1-5 Cb1-6 Cb1-7 (399)
Svāti-15 / Neck-2 / A3 / T6 Al Ghafr-13 ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8)
Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8), 15 Bootis (215.2) ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5) SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8), ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5)
October 25 26 27 28
Cb1-8 Cb1-9 Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403)
Asellus Primus (217.8), τ Lupi (218.1) φ Virginis (218.7), σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5) Haris (219.7). σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2)
rutua - te pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua

But we know that in a normal year October 28 is day number 301 with the corresponding RA day number 221, when in rongorongo times Toliman (α Centauri) was together with the Sun (i.e. not visible).

Which could suit the silent bird in Cb1-11, because normal birds sing only in spring and summer and not when Sun was wearing his Centaur ('Cavalry Officer') costume - in order to (with mouth closed) fight the dark forces: