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Amongst the birds secured were the following, for the 

 scientific names of which I am indebted to Mr. R. W. 

 Ogilvie-Grant, of the British Museum. 



1. COMMON GREY PARTRIDGE (Perdix perdix\ from S. 



Dzungaria, about 18 marches east of Kuldja, 

 represents the Perdix robusta of Homeyer and 

 Tancre, which is supposed to be a slightly larger 

 form of the Common Partridge. 



Most of the other birds were shot in West Kansu or the 

 neighbouring mountains ; they were : 



2. PRZEWALSKI'S PARTRIDGE (Perdix sifanica), a small 



species with a black-barred breast. 



3. SEVERTZOFF'S HAZEL-HEN (Tetrastes severtzovi). 



4. DUSKY PHEASANT GROUSE (Tetrasphasis obscurus), a 



large grouse-like bird with wide white tips to 

 the tail. 



5. TIBETAN SNOW-COCK (Tetraogallus tibetanus). 



6. SATSCHEN RING-NECKED PHEASANT (Phasianus satschu- 



enensis). Satschen is to the north of the Nan-shan 

 Mountains. 



7. STONE'S PHEASANT (Phasianus elegans). 



8. NORTHERN BLOOD-PHEASANT (Ithagenes chinensis). 



9. GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fult)us\ 30 miles S.E. of 



Choni. 



Through the kindness of Mr. Oldfield Thomas I am enabled to 

 include the following list of Small Mammals from the ANNALS AND 

 MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY Ser. 8, Vol. x., October 1912. 



On a Collection of Small Mammals from the T sin-ling 

 Mountains, Central China, presented by Mr. G. Fenwick- 

 Owen to the National Museum. By OLDFIELD THOMAS. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



DURING the late summer of 1911 Mr. G. Fen wick-Owen, to 

 whom the National Museum already owed some valuable 

 collections of mammals from French Gambia, made an 

 exploring and collecting expedition into Central China, into 



