Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
Online ISSN : 1882-0999
Print ISSN : 1348-5032
ISSN-L : 1348-5032
Volume 50, Issue 2
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Original Article
  • Atsuyo Hisai
    2019 Volume 50 Issue 2 Pages 89-123
    Published: February 28, 2019
    Released on J-STAGE: November 21, 2019
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    It is widely recognized that the similarities in appearance between the Crane, particularly Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis, and the Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana, has previously led to confusion as to their accurate identification. However, the actual situation regarding this confusion has not been studied, and it is unclear how much knowledge people in the past had about both species or whether they were able to tell the two species apart. This paper seeks to clarify the actual situation around Crane and Oriental Stork identification, drawing extensively upon natural historical materials among historical documents of the Edo period. Examination of these documents revealed that the morphology and ecology of both species were accurately understood, and that the recorded information is also accurate even if viewed in the modern period. The fact that these two birds belong to different species is recognized and elaborated due to their differences in medicinal use and food processing, for instance. Natural historical documents from the Edo period indicate the Crane and Oriental Stork were correctly identified as different species, and that the possibility of them being confused was low.

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Short Notes
  • Kana Akatani, Masaoki Takagi
    2019 Volume 50 Issue 2 Pages 125-128
    Published: February 28, 2019
    Released on J-STAGE: November 21, 2019
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    We documented the hooting and cavity scratching behaviours in a captive male Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans during three years from hatching in 2005, and examined these behaviors in relation to the moult cycle. The owl first hooted 14 days after one of primaries was finally shed in September 2006, the second year of life of the owl. Cavity-scratching behaviour was first observed in March 2007, and continued until eight days after the primaries began shedding in June 2007.

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  • Toshio Hayashi
    2019 Volume 50 Issue 2 Pages 129-137
    Published: February 28, 2019
    Released on J-STAGE: November 21, 2019
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    I attempted to detect differences in crow calls of the Japanese Green Pheasant Phasianus colchicus among local populations in seven prefectures throughout Honshu and Kyushu, covering the distributions of four subspecies in Japan. Vocal learning may lead to the relatively rapid development of differences in vocalization patterns among certain bird populations, however, vocal learning is absent in pheasants (Order Galliformes). The acoustic structure of crow calls in the seven populations exhibited geographic variation. Hybridization between subspecies, caused by repeated artificial releases, within a region seemed to not be a factor influencing this geographic variation.

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