1 908.] MAMMALS FKOM NORTH CHINA. 639 



Type. Adult female. B.M. No. 8.8.7.15. Original nvimber 

 1585. Collected 11 October, 1907. 



Bonliote's M. s. fusciijS from the Liu-Kiu Islands is smaller, 

 with a forearm about 44 mm. in length. 



4. Orocidura coREyE Thos. 



cS . 1553. Imperial Tombs, 65 miles E. of Peking. 

 Closely similar to the typical Korean series. 

 " Trapped beneath a thick bush among loose rocks in a cold 

 ■damp canyon," — M. P. A. 



5. Chodsigoa hypsibia de Wint. 



S . 1558. $ . 1559. Imperial Tombs, 65 miles E. of Peking. 

 1000'. 



Since Mr. de Winton described his Soriculus hypsibiits * fromi 

 ISr.W. Sze-chuen, correctly noticing the absence of the miniite 

 fourth unicuspid found in typical Soricidits, Dr. Kashtchenkof 

 has made a new subgenus, Chodsigoa, for the species without that 

 tooth. But while recognising the distinction of Chodsigoa, and 

 even considering it rather genus than subgenus, I think that the 

 typical species " Soricidtis {Chodsigoa) be?^esoivski" is undoubtedly 

 identical with de Winton's animal, coming from practically the 

 same locality, and having just about the same proportions. Nor 

 can I at present see any reason to distinguish Mr. Anderson's 

 specimens from hypsibia, in spite of their very different locality. 



Mr. de Winton's type was previously the only specimen of this 

 rare group of Shrews possessed by the British Museum. 



" Trapped in a I'adish garden on a rocky hillside." — M. P. A. 



6. VULPES VULPES L, 



J. 1645, 1646, 1651. Tai-Yuen-Fn. 2700'. 



These three skins illustrate the remarkable colour variation 

 found among Foxes, one of them having a whitish, the second a 

 slaty-grey, and the third a red under-side. 



" Common." — M. P. A. 



7. SCIUROTAMIAS DAVIDIANUS M.-Edw. 



S . 1570. Imperial Tombs, 65 miles E. of Peking. 



$ . 1643. 100 miles N.W. of Tai-Yuen-Fu, Shan-si. 8000'. 



The genus Sciurotamias was formed by Mr. Gerrit Miller % for 

 this remarkable Squirrel, which has a skull very like that of a 

 Chipmunk, with the external appearance of a Squirrel. Prof. 

 Milne-Edwards had previously noticed its near relationship to 

 Tamias §. 



" Not a common species, as only one was seen besides the 



* P. Z. S. 1899, p. 574. 



t Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. x. p. 252 (1906). 



X P. Biol. Soc. Wash. xiv. p. 23 (1901). 



§ Rech. Mamm. p. 160 et seqq. (1874). 



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