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C. ZEBWER
1955
(TRANSCRIBED)
JOURNAL
APR 20 (CONT)
TURDUS (NAUMANNI ?) (1), MOTACILLA
GRANOS (1)- ALSO FIRST SEEN THIS
SPRING- ON ROOF OF FACTORY NEAR
KAMO RIVER ON SHIME STREET IN
HIGASHIKUJO, SHIMOGIYOU, KYOTO CITY,
LANIUS BUCCEPHALUS (2) -SEEN IN SAME
PLACE ON POWER LINES AS ON 4 ORS
PREVIOUS TRIPS ALONG KAMO RIVER,
PASSER MONTANUS (8).
E. HIGASHIYAMA-KU (JUST S. OF KYOMIZU
TEMPLE), KYOTO CITY, HONSHU, JAPAN.
P.M. SLIGHTLY CLOUDY, WARM.
WALKED THRU
HILLS SOUTH OF IT. SAW "INDIAN PIPE"
FLOWERS AGAIN ALTHO ONLY HALF
THE SIZE OF THE ONES SEEN ON THE
18TH OF APR. FOUND SEVERAL OWL PELLETS,
UNDER EVERGREENS ON SLOPES. TWO
WERE COMPOSED OF FEATHERS (SMALL,
WHITISH) WITH A SMALL BONE OR TWO
AND THE OTHER THREE CONTAINED
FIVE BONES. COLLECTED SOME SKULL
BONES WITH TEETH ATTACHED (ONE
MUS ?), A BIRD'S MANOIBLE + A TROX
BEETLE FROM THE PELLETS.
139 BONES & BEETLE FROM OWL PELLETS.
THESE PELLETS ALSO CONTAINED
SHIELDS FROM A SMALL CRAYFISH OR
CRAB. THEY WERE THE FIRST PELLETS
I'D FOUND IN A YEAR + A HALF OF