108 SOME CHINESE VERTEBRATES. 



most kindly revised a list of the geographic names and corrected many puzzling 

 variations due largely to phonetic spelling. 



The larger part of the material secured consists of birds and mammals, 

 though other interesting vertebrates were collected together with a small series 

 of invertebrates, chiefly insects. 



Messrs. Wilson and Zappey landed at Shanghai the 4th of February, 1907; 

 while outfitting, Mr. Zappey employed his time in collecting in the immediate 

 environs of Shanghai, but here, as in the vicinity of other large cities, the density 

 of the population precluded effective collecting. Ichang, Hupeh, the base for 

 much of the work of the Expedition was reached on the 26th of February, and 

 after several weeks spent in its vicinity Mr. Zappey left that city early in April 

 and collected for about two months among the mountains north of the Yangtze. 

 Here at varying altitudes of from 2,400 to 9,500 feet in well forested country, 

 pheasants were abundant and the probable occurrence of the Takin, (Budorcas), 

 noted. 



With the exception of two weeks passed unfortunately in the hospital at 

 Hankow, Mr. Zappey collected during June, July, and August in the Ichang 

 region or between Ichang and Shasi; much rain fell during this period and the 

 weather when fair was very hot. September and October also proved rainy in 

 and about Ichang. 



Between the 5th and 20th of November, Mr. Zappey worked at higher 

 altitudes at Shihtowya, Kwangpow, Putze, and neighboring places, good weather 

 prevailing, but cold and cloudy days were experienced again at Ichang between 

 the 21st of November and the 1st of December. December proved fair, with the 

 temperature cool or cold, and a considerable series of birds and mammals was 

 secured. The search for Serow among the mountains was unsuccessful, though 

 their tracks were found on several occasions and the alarm note which Mr. 

 Zappey describes as "a series of snorting squeals sounding like * * * tearing a 

 piece of starched cloth such as a window shade" furnished additional evidence 

 of their presence. 



In 1908, January, February, and early March were spent in short trips down 

 the river; on the 15th of January at Ichanghsien the first Goral, Naemorhedus 

 griseus, was collected; others of both sexes, young and old, were taken later. 

 These goat-like antelopes were not uncommon on the precipitous evergreen- 

 clothed cliffs; they were seen, however, only in open places as they jumped from 

 ledge to ledge and their capture was thus to a certain degree a matter of chance. 

 Kwangtitze, situated about fifteen miles below Shasi, with an abundance of 



