Field notes, v1408
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Macaca fuscata 27 April 1966 Kuikazan, Miyagi-ken, Japan ridge. No said he saw 3 infante, the 2 & walking in succession, & that they had continued into E. Colin canyon - a long row; some slam? (prob.) So evidently at least: 7 ad. 4f., 3 jips, 4 f yrl., 2f immo (2-4), 2 ad.0?0?; probably more - about 20 in gp. / Tada left 30 April. I talked w. him in Tokyo on May 3, & got his notes & maps. He decided also go. 4 May 1966 Takago-yama, Chiba-ken With Koyama, at feeding area A, about 250 m. Molt - 2 ad. 0?0?, near hair central anter. rown, 4x6 cm. area. Also in same 2 &; & occas. one w. our hair forearms. So molt started. Food - provision year round, but (under pressure) Koyama thinks about 20 % natural in winter, 50 % in autumn. In autumn food abundant & monkeys travel more, shake tree more (aggressive? or poor visibility?). Ologo - shot & scraggly compared to Shimohita. Cues prominent here. Some have faint striated "look to fur - transverse bands of roughly slightly light color, 1/8-1 cm. apart. / Births so far in group A. ? Issa - 10+ yro. - Inf.? b. 4/14 No yrl. ? Yori - 6+ ? 4/20 No gyl. ? Muja - 6+ - ? 4/24 No yrl. - but 2 yr old? Feeding area A - about 2 mi. NNW of summit Takagoyama. Summit (Lake no? might temper weather this.) 315 m asl. Mishima weather sta. 4 km. E. of area A. Seirea 4.5 km. Takagoyama 35°15'N, 139°-55'E., 8 km. from sea (to SW). / Plant info on sep. valined sheets. 6 May 1966. Again visited Takago with Prof. N. Nichida, Lecturer of Chiba Univ.; identified plants & food items. 13 May 1966. Kuikazan Is., Miyagi-ken I walked about 5 hours in monkey area but saw only two. 1326, 200 m. E. of Colin Pass, 10? on ground on hillslope, alone. Picked