Koford 50 Jarrnd! 27 April 1966 Japan Kinkazan, Miyagi-ken common. At shrine one or w. 10cm new velvety antlers w. forks. But away from there, saw 2 w., both antlers bald & 2-3 points. Saw a blue backed (tanager?) in beech forest. Saw legs out now; saw 2 snakes (colubris?) about 4' long, one frog (3 cm C-R; Nyctid?), other insects besides Geotrupes. / Lower part of Pillar canyon, about 50 M.; apparent A. palmatum w. looks to 2 cm but closed. About 100M., some, apparently, w. 4cm. leaf blades, & some Carpinus w. well-formed leaves to 7cm on small tree (other sp. of C.?); Perhaps canyon warm or narrow & rather rocky, a refuge for monkeys in winter. /28 April, Prof. Toshioka helped identify plants at Sendai. 29 April 1966. To Tokyo to catch up on accounts, correspondence. 4 May 1966. Train & taxi to Seiwa-mura, Chiba-ken, where met Kayama and inspected progress. 3 infants born March [illegible] of about 25 g? Veget. level ahead of Kinkazan. Copied weather data at Mishima. 6 May 1966. Again to Seiwa, with Prof. Nishida of Chiba Univ., who was an energetic field man, specialist in ferns, well acquainted with Takao flora. Returned to Tokyo. 12 14 May 1966. Train back to Sendai, Miyagi-ken. 13 12 May 1966. To Kinkazan, alone. Checked phenology. Saw but Deer 2 single monkeys. No fog or rain. Found freshly shed antlers, but saw deer with forked horns, another with 10cm. spike atop barrel shaped [illegible]. Chenal - oak Quercus, Acer, Magnolia, Zelkova, Carpinus, & most Fagus now leafed out, the same Carpinus & Fagus still in leafbud. Flower tendrils on Juglans. Conspicuous clumps pink Rhododendron in flower. 14 13 May 1966. Wished around, & saw but 2 single or monkeys.