A NATURALIST IN WESTERN CHINA 



The Rambler Rose (Rosa multiflora) 



Irrigation Wheels ..... 



Peasants transplanting Rice 



The Wax-Gourd (Benincasa cerifera) 



The Tung-oil Tree (Aleurites Fordii) in Flower : Fruit 



The Lacquer-Varnish Tree (Rhus verniciflua), 40 ft. tall 



A Soap-Tree (Gleditsia sinensis), 25 ft. tall 



Fields of the Opium Poppy . 



Ramie or China-Grass (Bcehmeria nivea) 



A Field of Tobacco . 



Brick Tea for the Tachienlu Market 



A Tea Plantation 



Insect White- Wax and'vTree (Ligustrum lucidum) 



The Reeves Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesi), $ 8 if in. 9 32 in 



The Anderson Pheasant (Phasi anus elegans), S 29 in. ? 21 in 



The Thibetan Eared-Pheasant (Crossoptilun tibetanum) 

 6 38i in. ? 34| IN. 



The Ichang Pheasant (Phasianus holdereri), S 34^ in. ? 23-|- 



IN. . 



Lady Amherst Pheasant (Chrysolophus amhersti^), 3 44 in 



A Pheasant Grouse (Tetraophasis szechenyi), 9 18 in. 



A Blood Pheasant (Ithagenes geoffroyi), 6 18 in. 9 i6|- in 



The Thibetan Hazel-Hen (Tetrastes severtzovi), 6 14^ in 

 9 12^ in. . . . . . 



The Sifan Partridge (Predix hodgsoni^ sifanica), ^ i i-|- in 

 9 10^ IN. . 



A Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola thoracica), 3 12 in. 

 A Bamboo Raft and Bag of Duck . 



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