A strange visitor down from a cloudless sky over Kyoto, Japan, yesterday morning, excitement among the residents of that ancient city. It was, of course, the missing Lampoon Ibis, and its brief appearance over Japan confirmed speculation that it had been heading for the Orient when last seen above San Francisco Bay.

A Kyoto radio station reported that the bird traveled "with fair speed" but at "a very low altitude." Warned of its approach, crowds gathered is a city part to watch the Ibis soar overhead, and an American tourist managed to snap a picture of it as it past his hotel window. Latest reports from Japan said the Ibis was flying West, toward the Asiatic mainland.

In a broadcast from monitored in Tokyo, Communist Chinese officials called the Ibis a device" and threatened "reprisals" if it violated Chinese air space. "Let a hundred flowers bloom," added the commentator.

An ornithologist at the Frankiia Zoo in Boston explained that "birds have long been known to be capable of flying across large stretches of water," although he conceded that a trans-Pacific flight was "rather out of the ordinary."

Lawrence M. Butler '64, who holds the office of "Ibis" (i.e. vice-president) on the Lampoon, said last night he was " the bird is returning to Cambridge." He declined to comment, however, on why his namesake seems to be taking the long way around.

A note of mystery was lent to the events in Kyoto by the conspicuous presence in the crowds of a sinister-looking man who wrote furiously in a notebook as the Ibis passed. He identified himself as "head of Find-A-Bird operations in Japan" and as the bird flew off was heard to mutter, "Just as we anticipated--due West."