Field notes, v1724
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ZIEGELER 954 TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL FEB. (CONT.) MOTACILLA GRANDIS (SCARCE), LANIUS BUCEPHALUS, SPODIOPAR CINCERACEA, 4 CHLORIS SINICA FAIRLY COMMON. PASSER MONTANUS VERY COMMON - AROUND HOUSES(AT MY FEEDING STATION THE ONLY BIRD), IN THE FIELDS, ETC. FEB 3 - Z-21 TARSIGER CYANURUS (?) ♀ SHOT BY JAPANESE BOY WITH AIR RIFLE (B.B.) STOMACH - A FEW BERRIES (CONC.) LEGS & FEET BROWNISH, BILL BLACK (REURI-BIRAKI) FEB. 5 - Z-22 TURDUS NAUMANNI ♀(?) SHOT BY JAPANESE BOY. STOMACH - BERRIES(CONC) FEET DARK BROWN, FEES - LIGHT BROWN. FEB.6 - Z-23 SPHENURUS SIEBOLDII ♀? (AO-BATO) SHOT BY JAPANESE BOY. STOMACH - BERRIES (CONNECTED) LEGS & FEET GREYISH- RED, BILL BROWNISH WITH A TINGE OF BLUE OR GREY AT BASE. MOST OF THESE BIRDS BROUGHT TO ME BY JAPANESE BOYS WERE SWUMMED OUT OF THE SEX & STOMACH/INTESTINAL CONTENTS EXAMINED & THEN THE BODY WAS GIVEN BACK TO THE BOYS TO BE COOKED & EATEN BY THEM OR THEIR FAMILIES. FEB 13 - Z-24 TURDUS PARVIDUS GMELIN ? ♀? CAUGHT IN NET BY MR HIROSHI NABAMI. PARASITES COLLECTED. STOMACH CONTENTS - SEEDS & BERRIES (CONC) LEGS&FEET LIGHT BROWN, BILL DARK BROWN WITH BASE OF LOWER MANDIBLE YELLOWISH. (SHIRO-HARA) WHITE - STOMACH