The large grey hamster (Cricefulus triton) was caught. This rat resembles 
C. andersoni in colour, but is considerably larger. It is a pugnacious and 
predatory animal, storing up large quantities of beans and millet in its deep 
burrows. Many of the poor people dig up these stores of grain in the 
districts where this rat is abundant. In Shansi a still larger form, C. triton 
incanus, is found. It is particularly abundant on the T’ai-yiian plain. 
I secured a couple of good specimens of the local hare (Lepus swinhoet 
subluteus), which was first described from a specimen shot by me in the Ordos 
Desert. This hare is considerably paler than its cousin (Lepus swinhoei) from 
the Shantung Peninsula. ; 
I tried trapping for wolves and foxes, but without success. The only 
traps I had were some native-made ones from Yii-lin Fu. These were 
excessively clumsy and difficult to conceal. 
Not being very well satisfied with the country immediately around Yen-an 
Fu I decided to go further afield. Taking a few stores and necessaries with 
me, I visited a valley about twelve miles south of the city, putting up ata 
small inn. The country here was much more to my liking, and I was able to 
secure a few more species. Roedeer were plentiful, and I soon managed to 
shoot a good specimen. Mr. Grant also secured one, and later on some more 
were shot in the same locality. The North China roedeer differs from the 
European forms in being larger, with a much yellower coat. This tendency 
to yellow in the fauna of Shansi, Shensi, and Kansu, is doubtless due to the 
uniform yellowness of the loess country which composes the greater part of 
the three provinces. The roedeer is extremely common in suitable country, 
and not much hunted by the natives. 
My traps here yielded poorly, a result no doubt of the excessive cold. I 
secured a specimen of the pika (Ochotona bedfordi). It was at Yen-an Fu that 
I first discovered this interesting species, which was subsequently described as 
new from specimens obtained in Shansi at Ning-wu Fu. The burrows of 
’ these pikas are usually deep and intricate, and are situated where the thorn 
scrub grows thickest, or up the sides of the deep loess gullies. I did not see 
any stores of hay like those made by the Siberian and American species, 
neither did I hear any sound from these interesting little creatures. They live 
in little communities like rabbits, the ground surrounding their burrows being 
covered with a network of little paths. 
A single specimen of the little vole Microtus inez, was trapped in one of 
the ravines. This interesting little vole was discovered by Mr. Anderson in 
the mountains near K’é-lan Chou, North Shansi. This is, as far as I know, the 
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