Field notes, v1408
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Journal 7-8 June 1966 Kinkazan ls. Dozens of black (+ occas. yellow) swallowtail butterflies, at Rhodod. Decempferi shrubs (fading flowers). Saw swallows (no more illur) and black swifts over higher parts island. Also 2 ospreys Deer-- in same area (S. & E. of Colim Pass), both days. Deer - at velvet (turning yellowish) Hotel on lawn, eating garbage, antlers to 3 prongs + 50 cm. some higher on slopes with shorter new antlers. But saw 2 with freshly shed antler stubs on ridge (250-350m.), and 2 spikes w. old bad antlers about 10 cm. No fawns. On ridge, some seem to have melted sides, the shoulder hair old. Two bucks together. One buck, w. stumpers, w. 5 unantlered on ridge. To Tokyo and Inuyama, when stayed at Furoshuku about 10 days. Departed for Honolulu from Tokyo about June 26, & to San Francisco June 29, 1966. In Inu- yama, mostly gathering weather, liths, and vegetational information, preparing plant specimens and associated data, getting Kayawa &. Azuma to assemble labeled set of photo prints. N.S.F. project in Japan continued to Dec. 31. So Data sent to me in Calif. END