Field notes, v1724
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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