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Brown partridge {Pcrdix perdix) extends its range from Siberia 

 into the Central Asian zone, being found as far as the Bogdo-ola 

 Range. The Bearded, or Daurian Partridge {Perdix daurica), 

 ranges from its true habitat — Mongoha, northwards into the 

 Siberian zone and southwards into the Altai-Tian Shan neutral 

 zone. Pheasants are, of course, found in all suitable localities 

 throughout the entire area. The Mongolian pheasant inhabits 

 the Hi Valley and all the Dzungarian river-valleys, such as the 

 Borotala, Manas, and Irtish ; while a rare variety {Phasianus 

 hagenbecki) is found on the lower Kobdo River in North-west 

 Mongolia. Two varieties of snow-cock are found within the 

 region, one — Tetraogallus altaiciis, is peculiar to the Mongolian- 

 Altai zone, and the other — Tetraogallus himalayensis, ranges 

 into the Tian Shan and Altai-Tian Shan neutral zone, from its 

 true habitat, the Himalayas. 



APPENDIX E 



TERMS OF THE RUSSO-MONGOLIAN PROTOCOL ' 



The following is a careful precis of the agreement, signed on 

 November 3rd, 1911, between Russia and the Mongolian Princes, 

 with regard to the rights and privileges of Russians in Mongolia 

 and Mongols in Russia. 



(i) Russian subjects shall, as in the past, have the right 

 freely to live and travel in all parts of Mongolia, to conduct 

 business, estjfcblish factories, and arrange affairs with all in- 

 dividuals or companies, official or private, whether of Russian, 

 Mongol, Chinese, or other nationality. 



(2) Russian subjects shall, as in the past, have the right to 

 import and export at all times all products and manufactures of 

 Russia, Mongoha, China, and other countries duty free, and 

 to conduct free trade exempt from all duties and taxes. 



(3) Russian banks shall have the right to establish branch 

 banks throughout Mongolia, and conduct banking business with 

 all individuals and companies. 



^ As published in the Morning Post of December 20th, 1912, and in- 

 serted here by kind permission of the editor. 



