Field notes, v1409
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C.Koford 3 Journal - Japan Inuyama, Japan February 7, 1962 Japan Monkey Center etc, sweet potatoes, and other food. Visitors gave them peanuts. Many, including some of the dogs, tugged at legs of people in logging. Very quiet animals; little calling or chasing or threat. I saw more, of about 40, in trees. These of a long- haired short-legged subspecies from a certain island. The dog one had cut R upper lip somewhat like one of J27. Three sat close to a fire + paves in ashes, feed- ing peanuts and other tidbits. Possibly attracted by warmth of fires. Said to sleep in trees mostly but sometimes on ground. Will appear in Primates) Kawai has written a long article in English concerning the bond. They were held in a cage for a long period before release and had stayed together, except for one occasional wandering male. Feeding the monkeys is a dog attraction to people here. But when not at the food the animals range over a very steep slope among rocks and pines. A small but neat magazine, Monkey, at high school level, contains many pictures and current information on primate studies. shigetaka Kotera February 8, 1962. Accompanied by Mr. Aoneta, French and I visited monkey islands in bay. About 1 hour by train from Nagoya to Koura, then by small ferry one hour to Shiojima, an island with many fishing boats and equipment. Off of Shiojima about 1/2 mile was Tsubunijima, about 5 acres and 100' high, which held bobos Papio cynocephalus and Anubis. As we landed on beach, a dog and a few ?? bobos came to us, as if expecting food. usual feeding place stop