collections the following new species and sub-species were described by Mr. 

 Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., in papers read before the Zoological Society of 

 London : — 



In Shansi. 



At T'ai-yiian Fu.* 



At Ning-wu Fu. 



At K'e-lan Chou. 



At Yii-lin Fu. 



In South Ordos Desert. 

 At Yen-an Fu. 



In Shensi. 



1 . Erinaceus miodon 



2. Eutamias asiaticus ordinalis .. 



3. Cricetulus bedfordix ... 



4. Dipus sowerbyi 



5. Lepus swinhoei subluteus 



6. Mus confucianus luticolor 



Previous to these explorations the mammalogy of Shansi, Shensi, and the 

 Ordos Desert had not been touched. Many of the mammals mentioned in 

 the following pages have been described from other parts of China. 



For scientific descriptions of the various species of mammals mentioned 

 in this chapter, I must refer the reader to the following sources : — 



1. Recherches sur les Mammiferes, par M. Milne Edwards. 



2. Papers by Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., published in the 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society from time to time during the 

 years 1907 to 1909. 



3. Descriptions by Mr. Gerritt S. Miller, of the United States National 



Museum, of five new species and sub-species discovered on the 

 present expedition. These descriptions, which have already been 



• The localities here cited are those of the type-specimen only. Many of the species and sub-species were 

 subsequently captured elsewhere, and some occur both in Shansi and Shensi. (See Froc. Zooi. Sec, 1908, pp. 635-646, 963- 

 983 ; also Ann. Mag Nal. Hist. (8), U., 1908. 



A species of Myospalax collected by Messrs. Anderson and Sowerby at Ning-wu Fu and identified in r9o8 as M. 

 Jonlanieri. Mr. Thomas has recently discovered to bene.* and described as M. fontanus (Ann. Ma^. JVaf. Hist. Jan., 1913, 

 p. 93). 



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