During the period covered by this report, April 1, 1967 to March 31, 1968, 30, 606 birds of 136 species were ringed at more than 30 localities in 23 prefectures of Japan. The number of birds ringed and released is shown in Table 1. Recoveries of birds ringed by Yamashina Institute for Ornithology and its cooperators totaled 114 birds of 23 species of which 28 individuals of 9 species were reported from foreign countries. Those recovered at, or in close proximity to, where banded and within one year after ringed, are not described here. Besides that, those of Motacilla alba and Delicon urbica recovered at ringing places more than year after ringed are also excluded. They will be described later in other papers. The recoveries of birds ringed by the ringing team of the Forest Experiment Station, Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry. are mentioned in appendix. During the period, recoveries of 28 birds of 9 species ringed abroad were reported from the interior Japan.