108 SOME CHINESE VERTEBRATES. 
most kindly revised a list of the geographic names and corrected many puzzling 
variations due largely to phonetic spelling. 
The larger part of the material secured consists of birds and mammals, 
though other interesting vertebrates were collected together with a small series 
of invertebrates, chiefly insects. 
Messrs. Wilson and Zappey landed at Shanghai the 4th of February, 1907; - 
while outfitting, Mr. Zappey employed his time in collecting in the immediate 
environs of Shanghai, but here, as in the vicinity of other large cities, the density 
of the population precluded effective collecting. Ichang, Hupeh, the base for 
much of the work of the Expedition was reached on the 26th of February, and 
after several weeks spent in its vicinity Mr. Zappey left that city early in April 
and collected for about two months among the mountains north of the Yangtze. 
Here at varying altitudes of from 2,400 to 9,500 feet in well forested country, 
pheasants were abundant and the probable occurrence of the Takin, (Budorcas), 
noted. 
With the exception of two weeks passed unfortunately in the hospital at 
Hankow, Mr. Zappey collected during June, July, and August in the Ichang 
region or between Ichang and Shasi; much rain fell during this period and the 
weather when fair was very hot. September and October also proved rainy in 
and about Ichang. 
Between the 5th and 20th of November, Mr. Zappey worked at higher 
altitudes at Shihtowya, Kwangpow, Putze, and neighboring places, good weather 
prevailing, but cold and cloudy days were experienced again at Ichang between 
the 21st of November and the Ist of December. December proved fair, with the 
temperature cool or cold, and a considerable series of birds and mammals was 
secured. The search for Serow among the mountains was unsuccessful, though 
their tracks were found on several occasions and the alarm note which Mr. 
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Zappey describes as ‘‘a series of snorting squeals sounding like * * * tearing a 
piece of starched cloth such as a window shade” furnished additional evidence 
of their presence. 
In 1908, January, February, and early March were spent in short trips down: 
the river; on the 15th of January at Ichanghsien the first Goral, Naemorhedus: 
griseus, was collected; others of both sexes, young and old, were taken later. 
These goat-like antelopes were not uncommon on the precipitous evergreen-- 
clothed cliffs; they were seen, however, only in open places as they jumped from 
ledge to ledge and their capture was thus to a certain degree a matter of chance. 
Kwangtitze, situated about fifteen miles below Shasi, with an abundance of 
