The large grey hamster {Cricetulus 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 particu^rly abundant on the T'ai-yiian plain. 



I secured a couple of good specimens of the local hare {Lepus swinhoei 

 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 fo.xes, 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 at a 

 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 {Ochofona 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'6-lan Chou, North Shansi. This is, as far as I know, the 



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