10 ON MAMMALS FROM N. CHINA. [Jan. 14, 



5. Cricetulus griseus M.-Eclw. 



d. 1355, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1367, 1368, 1372, 1373, 

 1374, 1376. 2 ■ 1356, 1358, 1359, 1364, 1369, 1370, 1371, 1375, 

 1377, 1381. Chef GO. Sea-level. 



c?. 1442. 5. 1438, 1441. Ai-san, 30 miles W. of Chefoo. 

 1200'. 



J. 1452, 1458. Near Wei-hai-wei. 300'. 



This fine series is very uniform in general colour and in the 

 development of the dorsal line, which is as distinct in the young 

 ones as in the adult. The following are the flesh-measurements 

 •of four of the largest examples : — ■ 



6 



6 



2 



$ 



Mr. Howell also obtained this species at Tientsin, and there 

 were two examples in the collection from N. Shantung presented 

 by Mr. Styan and worked out by de Winton. The latter used 

 for them the name of C. ohscurus, but griseus comes first in Milne- 

 Edwards's book, and even if the two are different, which is most 

 doubtful, griseus should, for geographical reasons, be the name 

 for the little hamster of Shantung. 



" Although not common this was almost the only mannnal in 

 the fields about Chefoo. Its burrows were most often in small 

 banks in the gardens, but sometimes occurred between the rows 

 in wheat fields." — M. P. A. 



6, Lepus swinhoei Thos. 



Lepus tolai Swinh. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 449, 450. 



S. 1382, 1383, 1384, 1392, 1421. 



$.1357,1379,1380,1414. Chefoo. 300'. 



<5. 1444 (young). Ai-san, W. of Chefoo. 1200'. 



S. 1455-7 (young), 1459. $. 1449. Near Wei-hai-wei. 300'. 



These specimens are all of the paler type of coloration described 

 by Swinhoe as characterising his third ( $ ) specimen, though they 

 vary among themselves in this respect. 



" Common near Chefoo and near Wei-hai-wei, but rare near 

 Ai-san (where there are wolves). Where common this hare is 

 conspicuous, for although the body is much the colour of the soil, 

 the white tail is an advertisement. It is not wild, but will stop 

 again and again if one whistles sharply. This hare has a voice 

 of some strength, as wounded ones showed by crying out 

 plaintively, or sometimes threateningly, as I approached. I found 

 the flesh very palatable, and many are killed for the Chefoo 

 market."— ilf. P. ^. 



