Alii. 1 MAMMALS FROM CHINA HOWELL. 5 



Unfortunately Mr. Sowerby is the only one of the above collectors 

 who kept field records of anything more than the actual specimens 

 collected, and his notes regarding habits are only available for the 

 collections which he made in Shansi, Shensi, and a part of Kansu. 

 Many of these observations are included under their proper headings 

 in this report. Others have been included in his books, among which 

 arc Through Shen-kan, 1912; Fur and Feathers in North China, 

 1914; A Sportsman's Miscellany, 1917; and Sport and Science on the 

 Sino-Mongolian Frontier, 1918. 



Order INSECTIVORA 



Family TUPAIIDAE 



Genus TUPAIA Raffles 



TUPAIA BELANGERI CHINENSIS Anderson 



'J u paid chincn.sis Anderson, Zool. Res. ^^'est. Yunuan, I'^TO, p. 129 (Ponsee, 

 Kakhyen Hills, western Yunnan, China). 



Specimens. — Four, from the following localities in Yunnan : Yun- 

 iung, Tsaochiang, Likiang plain, and the fourth from an unknown 

 locality. 



The coloration of three of these specimens is of an exceedingly 

 grayish cast, but that from Likiang is more ochraceous. Sufficient 

 Chinese examples of this genus are not yet available for an ade- 

 quate understanding of the geographic variation occurring. Un- 

 doubtedly there yet remain one or more forms to be described. 



TUPAIA BELANGERI MODESTA J. A. Allen 



Tupaia modesta J. A. Allen. Bull. Amcr. Mns. Nat. ITist.. vol. 22, 1906, p. 

 481 (Leimuiuion, Hainan, China). 



Specimen. — One, from Kathek, Hainan. 



This is a flat skin in poor condition but the skull is perfect. 



Family ERINACEIDAE 

 Genus NEOTETRACUS Trouessart 



NEOTETRACUS SINENSIS Troueesart 



Neotetracus sinensis Trouessart, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., s( r. 8, vol. 4, 1909, 

 p. 390 (Tatsienlu, Szechwan, China). 



Specimen. — One, from Homushu Pass, probably Szechwan. 



This is the only specimen of this interesting genus in the National 

 collection. It was obtained b}^ exchange with the American Museum 

 of Natural History. 



