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Amongst the birds secured were the following, for the 

 scientific names of which I am indebted to Mr. R. W. 

 Ogilvie-Grant, of the British Museum. 



1. Common Grey Partridge {Perdix perdix)^ from S. 



Dzungaria, about 18 marches east of Kuldja, 

 represents the Perdix robicsta of Homeyer and 

 Tancre, which is supposed to be a slightly larger 

 form of the Common Partridge. 

 Most of the other birds were shot in West Kansu or the 

 neighbouring mountains ; they were : 



2. Przewalski's Partridge {Perdix sifanlca), a small 



species with a black-barred breast. 



3. Severtzoff's Hazel-Hen ( Tetrastes severtzovi). 



4. Dusky Pheasant Grouse {Tetrasphasis ohscurus), a 



large grouse-like bird with wide white tips to 

 the tail. 



5. Tibetan Snow-Cock {Tetraogallus tihetanus). 



6. Satschen Ring-necked Pheasant {Phasianus satschu- 



enensis). Satschen is to the north of the Nan-shaii 

 Mountains. 



7. Stone's Pheasant (Phasianus elegans). 



8. Northern Blood-Pheasant (Ithagenes chinensis). 



9. Griffon Vulture {Gyps fulvus\ 30 miles S.E. of 



Choni. 



Through the kinduess of Mr. Oldfield Thomas I am enabled to 

 include the following list of Small Mammals from the Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History Ser. 8, Vol. x., October 1912. 



On a Collection of Small Mammals from the Tsin-ling 

 Mountains, Central China, presented hy Mr. G. Feynoick- 

 Ozoen to the National Miiseum, By Oldfield Thomas. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



During the late summer of 1911 Mr. G. Fenwick-Owen, to 

 whom the National Museum already owed some valuable 

 collections of mammals from French Gambia, made an 

 exploring and collecting expedition into Central China, into 



