110 SOME CHINESE VERTEBRATES. 



November 9 Tsaikow. 

 11 Omeihsien. 

 15 Chinchiang. 

 30 Chiachianghsien. 

 December 3 Yachow. 



8 Kiating. River-boat trip resumed. 

 23 Suifu. 

 29 Chungking. 

 1909: January 14 Ichang. 



22 Hochiaping. 

 February 2 Changyanghsien. 



5 Ichang. 

 March 7 Shasi. 



18 Nankin. 

 26 Leave Shanghai. 



As shown by the above itinerary, the Expedition was planned as a recon- 

 naissance and covered too much ground to allow successful intensive collecting. 

 At five localities only were fifty or more species obtained; the largest number, 

 194, was taken at Ichang, and 91, the next in number, at Washan. This last 

 locality proved of great scientific interest and ten of the thirty-six new forms 

 discovered were found there. It was at Washan that a herd of Takins, Budorcas 

 tibetanus, was observed. Two individuals, a young male and a young female, 

 said by the natives to be about a month old, were taken. The herd was feeding 

 on the side of the steep mountain at an elevation of about 10,000 feet and 

 was well concealed in the dense bamboo thicket. The flesh of these Takin 

 proved palatable and in taste resembled mutton. The native names for the 

 Takin are Yare niu ngai nu and Parn nyang. 



Serow, Capricornis argyrochaetes, were also found at Washan, where they 

 frequented the recesses of the most precipitous cliffs. The native name of the 

 Serow is Ngailu (Cliff donkey). 



Though formerly abundant throughout the region traversed by Mr. Zappey, 

 the Musk deer, Moschus sifanicus, has been so persistently hunted for the sake 

 of its valuable secretion that it is now practically exterminated. One specimen 

 was shot at Shuowlow the 19th of August, 1908. The odor from the scent-gland 

 was most powerful though quite different, Mr. Zappey notes, from that of the 

 refined perfume. The habit of this species of frequenting the trunks of fallen 

 trees is well known to the Chinese. 



