SINO-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER 



from the same general district, where they 

 are very common. 



14. Eutamias asiaticus intercessor, Thos. 



Four specimens, 2 SS, 2 ??. Mountains 

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

 6,000 ft. 

 One specimen, $. Mountains 70 miles 

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

 7,000 ft. 

 One specimen, ?. Mountains 30 miles W. 

 of K'uei-hua-ch'eng. North Shansi. 7,000 

 ft. 

 As already stated, the chipmunk is an 

 intermediate form between that of the Ordos 

 (Eutamias asiaticus ordinalis) and that from 

 the mountains west of Peking [E. a. senescens). 

 Its Chinese name is " Ke li." 



15. Citellus mongoUcus umhratus, Thos. 



Four specimens, ??. 20 miles W. of Lama 



Miao, Mongolia. 4,000 ft. 

 Two specimens, ??. 50 miles "\V. of Lama 



Miao, Mongoha. 4,000 ft. 

 Six specimens, c^c^. Tabool, 100 miles N. 



of Kalgan, Mongolia. 4,000 ft. 

 This ground squirrel, which closely re- 

 sembles the species from China proper and 

 the Ordos, is extremely common throughout 

 the region we traversed. The six specimens 

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