APPENDIX B 



BY THE AUTHOR 



I 



NATURAL HISTORY 



I. MAMMALS' 

 On Ihe Collection of Mammals brought from Yunnan by Prince Henry of Orleans 



By E. DE POUSARGUES 



The 6o specimens of mammals collected by Prince Henry of Orleans in the course of 

 his journey across Yunnan may be divided into 28 species, of which 12 had not been 

 previously recorded, except in the province of Setchuen and the principality of Moupin, 

 or, in other words, on the eastern slope of the plateau of Thibet. These 12 have been 

 marked by an asterisk in the subjoined list. This extension of Thibetan forms into 

 Yunnan need not surprise us, since the whole of the north-west part of this province 

 of China is very elevated, its orographic system is closely connected with that of 

 Setchuen, of which it is in reality only the southern prolongation and termination, and 

 the border between the two districts is purely a virtual and administrative one. On 

 the other hand, none of the southern portion of Yunnan differs geographically from 

 Burmah, Upper Tonkin, and South-East China, and we recognise in the mammalogical 

 types brought from this region by Prince Henry most of the species already recorded 

 by Anderson on the frontiers of Yiinnan and Burmah, and by Swinhoe in the south- 

 eastern provinces of the Chinese Empire. 



No new type figures in the following list, but many specimens have allowed of the 

 elucidation of several hitherto obscure points touching the affinity of certain species, 

 whilst others, representing forms which the Museum did not before possess, will prove a 

 valuable addition to our galleries. 



*Nectog.\le Eleg.\ns (A.-A/. Edw.) ; native name, Khio-chi-oua ; 4 specimens. 

 *Uropsilus SoRiciPES (,-/.-.)/. ^(/rc'.): native name, Chi-oua-sandjiri; i specimen. — 

 The e.xistence in the north of Yiinnan of this hitherto rare member of the Insec- 

 tivora disposes of my recently published hypothesis restricting the habitat of the 

 Uropsilus to the principality of Moupin, and at the same time implies its 

 presence in Setchuen. 

 AiLURUS FuLGEXS {F. Cuv.)\ 2 specimens.- -The Panda is indicated by .Anderson 

 as more common on the borders of Burmah and Yunnan than in the Himalayas. 

 M.\RTES Fl.wigul.a {Bodd.); i specimen.— Anderson makes no mention of this 

 ' Extract from the Bulletin du Mushim d'histoire naturelle, 1896, No. 5. 



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