SPORT ANT) SCIENCE ON THE 



One skin and skull, without measurements, 

 was received from a native hunter who said 

 it came from about 70 miles N.N.AV. of T'ai- 

 yiian Fu — this would be about the same 

 locality as the above. It was at first thought 

 that this was a new form, but Biichner's 

 description of a species from Kansu so exactly 

 agrees with it, though from so widely dis- 

 tant a locality, that our species cannot be 

 separated, at least, till specimens from both 

 places have been compared. A somewhat 

 rare animal, it is found only in the largest 

 forests of the high mountain ranges, where it 

 hides in holes in trees, coming out only in the 

 evening. These squirrels are difficult to trap 

 and are not easily kept alive in captivity. 

 The latter fact is due doubtless to the diffi- 

 culty in supplying their natural diet. 



The Chinese name " Fei-hsu " means " Fly- 

 ing rat." (Fei = to fly ; hsu = rat.) 



13. Sciurotamias davidianus, M.-Edw. 



Five specimens, ??. 50 miles N.W. of T'ai- 



yiian Fu, Shansi. 5,500 ft. and 6,000 ft. 



Four specimens, 2 S^, 2 $?. Mountains 



70 miles N.N.W. of T'ai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 



7,000 ft. 



The first specimens of this very widely 



distributed squirrel were obtained by myself ; 



the other four by a native hunter. All came 



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