C.ZIEGWER 1953 TRANSCRIBED JOURNAL APR. (CONT.) COMMON. MOTACILLA GRANDIS NOT SO COMMON AS FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, MILVUS MIGRANS ALSO SCARCE. 1 OR 2 CORVUS SP? SEEN. APUS PACIFICUS LATHAM (MAT TSUBAME) - FLOCK OF 20 OR MORE SEEN FLYING OVER BASE ON THE 25TH & ALSO ON THE 28TH, CALL - A BUZZY, DESCENDING "SHRENNNCH" HIRUNDO RUSTICA (TSUBAME) SEEN OCCASIONALLY. EGRETTA SP SEEN LAST DAY OF MONTH FLYING OVER MR PIERO. (SHIRA-SAGA WHITE - ) MAY MIHO A.F.B., TOTTORI PREFECTURE, HONSHU JAPAN. WEATHER - COOL, VERY LITTLE RAIN, MANY CLEAR DAYS. PASSER MONTANUS & ARNODA ARVENSIIS COMMON. HIRUNDO RUSTICA COMMON & NESTING. MANY HOUSES & SHOPS PUT WOODEN SHELVES UNDER THE EAVES 7'-8' OFF THE GROUND FOR THESE SWALLOWS TO BUILD NESTS ON. THE TSU BAME IS REGARDED AS A BIRD OF GOOD LUCK & NO ONE DISTURBS THEM. MOTACILLA GRANDIS & MILVUS MIGRANS SCARCE. CORVUS SP? ONLY 1 ALL MONTH. ACROCEPHALUS ARUNINACEOUS (YOSHIMORI ) HEARD OR SEEN ALMOST EVERY DAY IN OSHINOZU (203). APUS PACIFICUS SEEN 5 OR 6 TIMES MOSTLY SINGLES & DOUBLES. A FEW SMALL SWALLOWS SIMILAR TO OUR OWN STERGIOPTERYX RUFICOLLIS