A.C.ZIEBAER 1955 (TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL APRIL (CONT.) LANIUS BUCEPHALUS(1), TURDUS (NAVMANNI?)(3), PASSER MONTANUS(5) 2:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. KYOKU(MATSUO HILLS), KYOTO CITY, HONSHU, JAPAN. TOOK A BIKE TRIP TO MATSUO STATION ON THE KATSURA RIVER & HIKE UP INTO THE HILLS BEHIND A LARGE SHRINE THERE. THE HILLS WERE CLEARED OF UNDERBRUSH IN MANY PLACES BUT IN OTHERS BRUSH & FERNS WERE THICK. SET OUT A BIRD NET IN A BAMBOO & EVERGREEN GROVE & SCATTERED RAW RICE AROUND BUT NO LUCK. SAW A DEER IN HILLS. - BROWN WITH FAWN-LIKE SPOTS ON BACK & WHITE RUMP PATCH & TAIL. TAIL WITH THIN DORSAL BLACK LINE. TAIL CARRIED DOWN AGAINST RUMP. IT SEEMSO AS LARGE AN ANIMAL AS OUR DEER NEAR MEMPHIS, TENN. (CERVUS NIPPON?) ALSO PICKED A FEW "INDIAN PIPE" FLOWERS GROWING UP THRU KITTER IN DENSE UNDERBRUSH. HEIGHT 4" BIRDS: MILVUS MIGRANS(2), ALAUDA ARVENIS(5)-IN FIELDS, HIRUNOO RUSTICA(1&+ ALONG RIVER & IN FIELDS & TOWNS, CORVUS SP.(1), TURDUS. (NAVMANNI?)(15)-IN HILLS, LANIUS. BUCEPHALUS(1), HOREITES CANTONS(3), PASSER MONTANUS(5)-IN TOWNS. BIRDS SCARCE IN HILLS.