ZIEGLER 1957 (On SCRIBBLO) JOURNAL APR 14 (CONT) BESEDE RICE PADDY. OVARY ENLARGED. STOMACH - SAND & RAW RICE GRAINS (COLL). BILL BLACK, FEET & LEGS LIGHT BROWN. APR 15 - Z-44 CAPPELLA ____________ ♀(SHIGI) FOUND DEAD IN RICE PADDY BY JAPANESE BOY. STOMACH CONTENTS - UNIDENTIFIABLES. TESTES - 3x8mm. BILL - BLACK WITH BASE HALF BROWNISH, LEGS & FEET BROWN. APR 17 AGARI MICHI (2 MI. N. OF NAUHAMMA) TOTTORI PREFECTURE, HONSHU, JAPAN. GOT TO RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY TEACHER YOSHINORI MATSUI'S HOUSE AT 4:15 A.M. WITH HIROSHI NAGAMI. THE DOCTOR TOOK HIS NETS (ALREADY ON POLES & WRAPPED UP) & LED US ABOUT A MILE OUT INTO RICE, WHEAT & MULBERRY FIELDS WHERE HE SET UP THE NETS JUST AS IT WAS LIGHT ENOUGH TO SEE. WE THEN WALKED SOME DISTANCE AWAY & WAITED HALF AN HOUR BEFORE RETURNING TO THE NETS. THE NEXT 4 BIRDS WERE CAUGHT THERE THAT MORNING. (SEE ILLUSTRATION OF HOW MATSUI SET UP HIS 12 NETS) - Z-45 CAPPELLA ____________ ♂ NETTED BY MATSUI. STOMACH - SAND & A LITTLE VEGETABLE MATTER. TESTES 4x9mm, BILL BLACK WITH BASE HALF BROWNISH, LEGS & FEET BROWN WITH GREENISH TINT. - Z-46 TURDUS NAUMANNI ♀ NETTED BY MATSUI. STOMACH EMPTY, OVARY SLIGHTLY ENLARGED, LEGS & FEET BROWN, BILL DARK