C. Koford 5 Journal February 9, 1962 Kyoto-Kyushu, Japan orang in Sarawak badly needed. McClure has made observations of scanning from tree platform. Good oppor- tunities this for studying gibbons. A Harvard group was now working on Tupaia at Kuala Lumpur (O. Elliott). / Hendrichsen said great moron jam made good Tupaia nest box. He said seemed to get milder with each generation. Breeding best when or put with exte- rior & alone, not with other, then removed. Immediate post-partum heat, last time for breeding. Best Best repro. if young removed from moth as soon as independent. He has published only short article in Nature on tree shrews. / I took bus from Kyoto to Osaka airport (200 yen). Then plane over island sea to Oita. Shikoku has high snowy mountains. Met at Oita by Mr. Mizuhara, who had worked with monkeys there for 6 years. We briefly visited the feeding area at foot of Mt. Takaralei, in late afternoon. Set up for visitors to feed monkeys - fennel, curio stores, peanuts, etc. About 30 fed on remnants food. Much more chasing and aggressive action than at Iwayana. I saw a high ranking or do a "turn-away" from ?. Said to be 80+ in one group, about 720 in other. The big group in area 1 x 2 km.; near area 1 x 1 km. occupied by small groups. Mizuhara said he recognized 300 individuals. Vegetation sparse to 50' with deciduous and evergreen broadleaf mixed. M. thought the softwood the main habitat. Monkeys not physically confined, but forest thin or cut in surround- ing areas so an ecological island of forest. Monkeys could easily walk down to main coast road and sea. Occasionally a male wandered from site, but no one seems concerned about