SINO-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER 



The wolves 'seen in the extreme north of 

 Shansi were large and of a very pale 

 colour, with long hair. Two seen on the 

 Mongolian Plateau near Lama Miao were, on 

 the other hand, rather dark, though in size 

 they surpassed the Shansi variety. The 

 winter skins from K'ou-wai, that is beyond 

 the northern passes of China, meaning Mon- 

 golia generally, command a much better 

 price in the fur market than do the skins 

 from China proper. They are of a far better 

 quality, the hair being longer, thicker and 

 softer, and usually of a much lighter colour. 

 These skins also are generally larger than 

 those from further south. 



11. Vulpes vulpes suhsp. 



Three specimens. One skull, 20 miles S.W. 



of Ning-wu Fu, Shansi. 5,700 ft. 



One skull, and one complete specimen, ^. 



Wu-tsai, 20 miles W. of Ning-wu Fu, 



Shansi. 



The fox, like the wolf, has a very wide 



distribution in North China. Annually great 



numbers of skins are exported from Tientsin. 



Its Chinese name is " Hu li " or " Hu-tzu." 



12. Sciuropterus sp. 



Nine specimens, 4 c^c^, 5 ??. Mountains 10 



miles S. of Wu-tsai, Shansi. Altitude, 



8,000 ft. 



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