C. ZIEBLER 1955 (TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL APR 13 (CONT.) WILL TRY A MOUSE TRAP THERE LATER. TRAPS WERE SET IN PAIRS (1 MISO BAIT, 1 NUT BAIT) ON WOODED HILLSIDE BESIDE LOGS & IN BRUSHY STREAM BED BENEATH LOGS & BESIDE ROCKS. ALSO SET OUT A BIRD NET ALL NIGHT & SCATTERED RAW RICE AROUND IT BUT NO LUCK WHEN I TOOK IT IN AT 6:30 THIS MORNING. BIRDS LAST NIGHT & THIS MORNING: NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX (3) - CALLING P.M. & A.M., MILVUS MIGRANS (5) - SOME CALLING - 2 SLURRED NOTES OR SQUEALS TSI - GEEEEE !! (-~~~) SIMILAR TO RED-SHOULDERED'S OR RED-TAILED'S CALL, PHASIANUS VERSICOLOR (?) (1) - HEARD CALLING IN THE WOODS AROUND HERE. NEVER SEEN BUT SEEMS THE ONLY BIRD TO FIT THE DESCRIPTION IN MR. UCHIDA'S JAPANESE BIRDS. THE ONE HEARD THIS A.M. WAS WORKING UP THE BRUSHY BED OF A VERY SHALLOW STREAMY BOG GIVING A LOUD HARSH CALL THAT REMINDED ME MORE OF A PEACOCK THAN A PHEASANT. AFTER EVERY CALL THERE FOLLOWED A BEAT OF WINGS - APPARENTLY THE BIRD FLYING A SHORT DISTANCE AFTER EACH CALL - AS UCHIDA HAD STATED. JAPANESE NAME KI-ZI, BOMBUS-ICOLA, THORACICA (?) (3) - AGAIN NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BUT QUAIL-LIKE