CONTENTS XV 



CHAPTER XV 



OMKl-SHAN TO SHANGHAI AND HOME 



Deimrtiu-e from Oinei-shan— Find Mr. Kricheldorlf at Kia-tinj,'— 

 His difficiilties at Mou-pin — Packing up — Bad conduct of col- 

 lectors — Flood of Min river — Dangerous position of boat — Expe- 

 dition to Mantzu caves— New species of bat — Ai-rival of collec- 

 tors — Live stock — Leave Kia-ting-fu — Lolo raiders — Leave Sui- 

 fu — Dangerousstateofriver—Ba-sa-tou— Chung-king— Delayed 

 by state of river— Murders of native converts — Quei-chau collec- 

 tor — Desertion of pilot — Sampan stove in at Hu-lin — Mortality 

 among Crossoptilon — Delay at Wu-shan-hsien — Rapid at Niu- 

 kan-tan — Quick travelling — Arrival at Ichang— Sale of boat — 

 Shanghai— The collection of Prince Henri — Leave for South- 

 ampton . . . . ... . • 221 



APPENDICES 



I. List of Birds collected in China bj' Mr. A. E. Pratt . . 235 



11. List of the Species of Reptiles and Fishes collected by Mr. 

 A. E. Pratt on the Upper Yang-tze-kiang and in the province 

 Sze-chuen, with description of the New Species. By Albert 

 Giinther, M.A., :\LD., Ph.D., F.R.S. . . . . 23B 



III. List of Lepidoptera collected by the Author at Kiu-kiang. 

 Extracts from a Paper by J. H. Leech, Esq., B.A., F.L.S., 

 &c., ' Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.,' March 1889 . . . 251 



New Species and Varieties of Lepidoptera collected 

 by the Author m Western and Central China, described and 

 named by J. H. Leech, Esi^., B.A., F.L.S., &c., in the ' Entomo- 

 logist,' 1890 and 1891 ...... 266 



