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is greyish-fawn, and its face is marked. We saw 

 them all the way from a march east of the Sairam 

 Nor to Urumtsi, and went after them at times. 

 They live in the absolutely open country, and their 

 pursuit is but vexation of spirit, unless the sports- 

 man has a liking for fancy shooting at extreme 

 ranges. 



Saiga (Saiga tataricd). At Urumtsi we saw a 

 pair of horns with a piece of fresh skin attached, 

 and were told that they were found a little to the 

 north ; but as the horns have medicinal value among 

 the Chinese, they may have been brought a long 

 way. 



Kulon, apparently the same as the Thibetan 

 kiang (Equus hemionus), a sort of wild donkey, we 

 saw near Ketang, on the Kuldja- Urumtsi Road. 

 A native there told us that wild horses, not kulon, 

 but presumably Equus prejvalski, were to be found 

 further north, in the neighbourhood of Tchugut- 

 chak. 



The Tekkes and Hi list of small game is a con- 

 siderable one : 



Greater bustard. 



Lesser bustard. 



Pheasants, which have a neck ring; the Yarkancl- 

 side ones have not. 



Partridges. 



