1907.] FROM SAGHALIEN AND HOKKAIDO. 405 



Micromys speclosus glUacus. 

 Craseomys hedfoixlice. 

 Evotoriiys amurensis. 

 Sicista caudata. 

 Lepus timidus. 



Hokkaido. 



Rhinolojjhus ferrnm-equinum nipjwn, cornntus. 



Plecotus aur it-US. 



Sorex ttnguicidatiis, shliito saivus. 



Sciiirios vidgaris orientis. 



Taniias " Imeatihs." 



Mus norvegiciLS. 



Micromys speciosus aioiu, geisha hokkaidi. 



Craseomys bedfordice. 



Evotomys mikado. 



Lepus timidus ainu. 



The present collection consists of 341 specimens, belonging to 

 22 species and subspecies, about half coming from each of the 

 two islands referi-ed to. 



Of previous publications on the subject, reference need only be 

 made to the following work : — 



ISTiKOLSKY, A. M. — Survey of Saghalien and its Fauna. — Verte- 

 brate Animals. St. Petersburg, 1889. 



35 mammals are recorded, but tliey are mostly large species, of 

 which Ml'. Anderson was unable to obtain any examples. 



The following are some extracts from Mr. Anderson's notes. 

 It may be observed that he was the first person, not a Japanese, 

 to enter the island of Saghalien after the cession of its southern 

 portion to Japan. 



" The island of Saghalien has a length of nearly 600 miles by at 

 most 120 miles in breadth. In the north it is separated from the 

 mainland by a shallow strait only 5 miles in breadth, while its 

 southernmost point is 25 miles from the northern part of 

 Hokkaido. 



" Its two southern paniasulasare the continuations of mountain 

 ranges leading up into the centre of the island, where they 

 approach each other, but do not join. Korsakoff, the capital, is 

 situated at the head of the gulf between the peninsulas. 



" Both mountain ranges of southern SaghaLien and the unculti- 

 vated parts of the valley are densely forested with coniferous trees 

 (chiefly larch and fir), among which are mixed large numbers of 

 birches, alders, and elms. The flora, indeed, is strikingly like 

 that of Hokkaido, Heavy dews and frequent rains keep the soil 

 constantly moist. 



" My first collecting place (July 11th to 25th) lay 15 miles N.W. 

 of Korsakoflf, on the bank of a river which, draining a portion of 

 the main range, empties into Aniwa Biy at its N.W. edge. Here 



