ZIEGWEIZ 1953 (INScribed) JOURNAL DEC 13 NAWAHAMA, TOTTORI PREFECTURE, HONSHU, JAPAN. - Z-15 IYOS AMAVROTIS OT SHOT & BROUGHT IN BY JAPANESE BOY. STOMACH CONTAINED SEVERAL LARGE BERRIES (OLW). THESE BIRDS ARE SAID TO PREFER THE CAMELIA BUSHEES OR TREES, Y BRANCHES WITH FLOWERS ARE SOMETIMES PUT UP OUTSIDE TO ATTRACT THE HI-ODDEI. THE CAMELIA, AT LEAST THE RED ONE, IS KNOWN HERE AS THE DEATHFLOWER OR PERHAPS AS VERY UNLUCKY BUT STILL SOME PEOPLE PUT THEM IN THEIR HOUSES. SOME OF THE PLANTS OUTSIDE ARE 15' TALL. DEC 27 NAWAHAMA, TOTTORI VICN, HONSHU, JAPAN. - Z-16 SPODIOPSAE CINERACEA F SHOT BY JAPANESE BOY. STOMACH CONTENTS - SEVERAL LARGE BERRIES (OLW). FEET & LEGS ORANGE. BILL ORANGE WITH BLACK TIP & BASE OF LOWER MANDEIBLE. DEC 29 NAWAHAMA, TOTTORI VICN, HONSHU, JAPAN - Z-17 SPODIOPSAR CINERACEA SEX? SHOT BY JAPANESE BOY. STOMACH CONTENTS - SEVERAL LARGE BERRIES (OLW). LEGS & FEET ORANGE. BILL ORANGE WITH BLACK TIP. THESE BIRDS SEEM TO STAY IN THE TOPS OF TALL PINES ON A FOX TEMPLE GROUNDS A HUNDRED YARDS OR SO FROM MY ROOM IN TOWN. THE PROD NUMBERS ABOUT 40 OR SO. END 1953