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XIV Equipped for hunting harea on horseback . 60 

 XV Eats and Mice 70 



XVI The Kansu Allactaga (Allactaga mongolica 



longior) 72 



The Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius) . . . ,, 



XVII The Golden 'Eagle (Aquila chrysaetus) . ~~T 86 



XVIII The Chinese Pheasant (Phasianus kiangsuensis) 90 



The Shansi Pheasant (Phasianus sp.) 

 XIX F. W. Warrington and a Manchurian Eared- 

 pheasant. Shot near Tai-yuan Fu, Shansi . 94 



XX The Bearded Partridge (Perdix 'daurica) . 98 

 The Chukar (Caccabis chukar) 



XXI The Manchurian Eared-Pheasant (Cwssoptilon 



mantchuricum) ...... 102 



The Baikal or Spectacled Teal (Querquedula 



- .* formosa) 



/ ,, 



XXII The Bean Goose (Anser segetum) . . . H2 

 The Bean Goose. A seven pounder 



XXIII Wild Ducks on the Si-an Fu Plain, Shensi . 118 



XXIV The Common Teal (Querquedula crecca) . 120 

 XXV A Bag of Snipe 126 



XXVI The Coot, (Fulica atra) ....... 128 



The Common Snipe (Gallinago media) . 

 XXVII The Ibis billed Curlew (Ibidorhynchus< strutherai) 144 



The Curlew (Numenius arguatus) 

 XXVIII A pair of Green Water-snakes (Tropidonotua 



tigrinus 162 



The Chinese Mud-Turtle (Trionyx 'sinensis) 



