Ishizawa, Jicho and Shimomura, Kenshi 


1945 Birds of Outdoors (Yagai no Torj), 16mo, Tokyo, pp 1-134, index, pp 1-13, 44 col pl, 
Jan 1945, : 
This useful little pocket book with colored plates gives short descriptions, 
‘ranges, habitats, and feeding habits of 146 common species of Japanese birds. 
To facilitate lay identifications, the species are grouped by habitats, those 
found in or near villages, grassy plains, brush country, forests, ev.b-alpine and 
alpine zones, and along the shore, 
Kameyama, Motoichi 
1941 "Black Variety of the Japanese Skylark": Tori, XI (51,52), p 152, 1 pl, Oct 1941. 
A captive skylark started darkening in spring and by summer was completely melan- 
istic. fs 
1944 "Species of Worms Contained in the Stomach of a Dove": Tori, XI (55), p 709, 1 photo, 
Sep 1944, 
A dove obteined in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, 26 October 1941 had eaten 174 leaf- 
roller worms, 
Kawamura, Tamiji 
1947 The Science of Bird Song (Tori no Uta no Kagaku) crown 8vo, Kyoto, pp 1-388, 5 Aug 
1947, 
This excellent study of bird song is the work of Professor Kawamura of Kyoto 
University, one of the leading Japanese authorities on the subject, He describes 
the structure and development of the mechanisms by which bird song is produced 
and traces the evolution of song from simple call-notes to the complex nuptial 
melodies of the finest songsters. He attempts to classify each song by its 
syllables and their length, order, phrasing, and modulation and writes his con- 
ception of them in kata-kana, which lends itself to the purpose admirably. He 
notes individual and geographical differences of song within the species and 
shows the effect on song of climate, season, and time of day. He describes the 
songs of all the native song birds of Japan in detail and adds a final chapter 
on the songs of cage birds, 
Kiyosu, Yukiyasu (see also Yamashins, Y, and Kiyosu, Y,) 
1943 "Ou the Birds as Food Resources": Shi Ken Iho (4), pp 1-119, 4 pl, Nov 1943. 
This was compiled as part of Japan's “exploitation of natural resources" pro- 
gram to ease the food shortage during the war, It lists all the species of birds, 
from the Kurils and Sakhalin south to the Ryukyu Islands, which may legally be 
eaten: 15 sparrows, 1 bulbul, 3 thrushes, 13 ducks, 3 doves, 27 shorebirds, 3 
rails, and 6 gallinaceous species. Short descriptions of each "game" species 
include habitat, voice, nesting, food, migration, general distribution, and the 
totals reported captured, with their market prices for the past 16 years. 
Kobayashi, Keisuke 
1944 "Random Notes on the Purple Heron": Tori, XI (55), p 688, Sep 1944. 
A young female captured in Chiburi 26 November 1942 constitutes the first record 
from Hokkaido, The writer saw a single bird in Takao, Formosa, and later obtained 
four eggs. 
