C ZIEGLER 1953 [TRANSCRIBED] JOURNAL MAY 18 (CONT) SAW MY FIRST PARUS VARIUS (YAMA-GARA) MT. - TT IN A BIRD SHOP HERE. THE BIRD SHOPS CARRY MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF NATIVE AS WELL AS INTRODUCED BIRDS FOR SALE. PRICES WERE PRETTY CHEAP FOR MOST OF THE COMMONER SPECIES OR FOR THOSE WITH UNDISTINGUISHED BEHAVIORS OR SONGS. SOME LESS THAN 50 CENTS. MAY 19 OSHINOZU BEACH, TOTTORI KEN, HONSHU, JAPAN. MILVUS MIGRANS SEEN HERE TODAY. THE DARK UNDERPARTS & NOTCHED TAIL WERE PLAINLY VISIBLE. SPODIOPAR CINERACEA TEMMINCK (OR STURNUS CINERACEUS) SEEN IN PINES ALONG BEACH. FLOCK OF 15 + ALSO SEEN FLYING OVERHEAD OCCASIONALLY. JAPANESE NAME - MU-KU-DORI NYCTICORA NYCTICORA L. (GOI-SAGI) -HERON HEARD OVERHEAD ABOUT MIDNIGHT ON MAY 9 & MAY 12. JUNE MIHO A.F.B. + VICINITY, TOTTORI PREFECTURE, HONSHU, JAPAN. WEATHER - HUMID, RAINY MOST OF MONTH. (RAINY SEASON- JUNE-JULY) A FEW UNIDENT PLOVERS & CORVUS SP? SEEN. 15 TERNs SEEN AT BEACH ON THE 20TH HAD BLACK CROWNS (SOME WITH WHITE FOREHEAD) DEAD SEA BIRD FOUND WASHED UP ON BEACH ABOUT THE 15TH HAD 36" WING SPAN, 18" LENGTH. BLACK ABOVE, WHITE BELOW WITH