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not secured, was the antelope (probably Gazella 

 subgutturosa). 



The Ordos hedgehog (Erinaceus miodon), which 

 was one of the new discoveries of this expedition, 

 is a light-coloured species, closely related to the 

 Chihli and Shantung form, E. dealbatus. Its chief 

 characteristic is that it has " no wholly white 

 spines intermixed with the brown-ringed ones." 

 This hedgehog seems to belong exclusively to 

 Mongolia, as we never heard of it south of the 

 Wall. The nearest locality in Shensi at which 

 hedgehogs have been secured is Pao-chi in the Wei 

 River basin, where Father Hugh discovered a new 

 species {E. hughi), named after him by Mr. Thomas^ 

 The food of the Ordos hedgehog seems to consist 

 of beetles, numerous varieties of which swarm over 

 the sandhills. 



The badger from this district is identical with 

 Meles leptorhynchus described from Peking. This 

 animal exists all over North China and is very 

 common in certain places. The Chinese value 

 dressed badger skins, which make excellent damp- 

 resisting rugs. The Manchurian hunter wears 

 a badger skin hanging from his waist at the back, 

 thus ensuring a dry seat when out in the snows 

 and rains. The badger is a great robber of melon 

 patches and maize fields, in search of which he 

 will travel long distances during the night. 



Amongst the chipmunks obtained by us two 

 new subspecies were discovered, namely, Eutamias 



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