1908.] MAMMALS FKOM NORTHERN CHINA. 967 



the bases of the spines being dai-k where they are white in 

 E. hughi. while the terminal 3 mm. of the spines are light horn- 

 •colour without a dark tip. The coat is also liberally mixed with 

 Avholly white spines, which are pi-actically absent in E. Juighi. 



3. Felis catus L. (domestica auct.*). 



1866 (skin without skull). Ordos near Yu-lin-fu, Shen-si. 



A remarkably fine long-haired Oat, Avith a considerable 

 resemblance to a European Wild Cat. These cats are said to be 

 ■common in Northern China. 



4. Canis lupus tschiliensis Matsch. 



c?. 1699. Yen-an-fu, Shen-si. 3000'. 



This Wolf would appear to represent Prof. Matschie's Lujnis 

 tschiliensis. 



" Uncommon. Much feared by the Chinese goat and sheep 

 lierders. 



•' Chinese name, ' Lang '." — M. P. A. 



5. VuLPES VULPES subsp. 



$.1666. 30 miles W. of Fen-chou-fu, Shan-si. 4500'. 

 " Common. Much hunted by the Chinese for the sake of its 

 skin. 



" Chinese name, ' Hu-li ' or ' Hu-tzi '." — M. P. A. 



6. Martes flavigula borealis Radde. 



S. 1704, $. 1703 (native skins without skulls). S- 1727 

 ((skull only). Yen-an-fu, Shen-si. 3000'. 



The fine skull no. 1727 agrees closely in dimensions with 

 Hadde's specimens, and is very considerably larger than an old 

 male skull of 21. f. kuatunensis Bonh. 



" Rather common, its tracks often seen. 



"Chinese name, ' Hwang-yao'." — M. P. A. 



7. Meles leptorhynchus M.-Edw. 



5 . 1870. Yu-lin-fu, Shen-si. 4000'. 



Although Yu-lin-fu is in the direction of the region where 

 Prof. Matschie's Meles hanensis and siningensls were procured, 1 

 fail to see any reason why this Badger should not be referred to 

 Milne-Edwards's species, which was described from Peking. 



"While difficult to capture the Badger is not a particularly 

 uncommon animal, as I have seen its tracks numbers of times 

 both in Shan-si and Shen-si. 



" Chinese name, ' Huan-tzi'." — 21. P. A. 



8. Sciurotamias davidianus M.-Edw. 



6. 1654. $. 1655,1656. 15 miles N.W. of Fen-chou-fu, 



Shan-si. 



* Cf. Pocock, P. Z. S. 1907, p. 149. 



