1 908.] MAMMALS FROM XORTHERX CHINA. 973 



cultivation ; Avhei'ever T have found it, namely in Shantung, 

 Chih-li, Shan -si, an<l Shen-si, it has lived in i-ocky places among 

 trees and bushes." — 21. P. A. 



17. MUS WAGXERI M0XC40LIUM TllOS. 



$ . 1663. 30 miles W. of Fen-chou-fu, Shan-si. 4500'. 

 (?. 1777. $.1778. Yu-lin-fu, Shen-si. 4000'. 

 " Found iti hill-side fields near Fen-chou-fu ; at Yu-lin-fu 

 common in fields upon the river- bank."- — 21. P. A. 



18. Apodemus speciosus subsp. 



J. 1705, 1706, 1707, 1718. $.1709,1719. >^^ear Yen-an- 

 fu, Shen-si. 3800'. 



S. 1893, 1894. 1895, 1900, 1912, 1926, 1927, 1937, 1938, 

 1943. $. 1901, 1902, 1910, 1928, 1939, 1940, 1957, 1959. 

 Mountains 12 miles jST.W. of Ko-lan-chow, Shen-si. 7000'. 



$ . 1983, 1995. 20 miles S.W. of Ning-wu-fu, Shan-si. 6600'. 



" This mouse is another form which seems not to depend on 

 cultivation at all. It is found only in those rare spots in North 

 China where trees and bushes are numerous. At Yen-an-fu it 

 was only fairly common, but in the mountains 12 miles north- 

 west of Ko-lan-chow we found this animal abundant." — JI.P.A. 



19. Apodemus agraeius pallidior Thos. 



S. 1657. 30 miles W. of Fen-chou-fu, Shan-si. 4500'. 



J. 1713. 2.1717. Near Yen an-fu, Shen-si. 3800'. 



J. 1936. Mountains 12 miles N.W.of Ko-lan-chow, Shan-si. 

 7000'. 



Quite similar to the typical series from the Shantung Peninsula. 



" In cultivated fields. Very rare in this part of China." — 

 31. P. A. 



20. Cricexulus TRIT0>7 incanus. 



Thos. Abstr. P. Z. S. 1908, p. 45 (Dec. 15). 



c?. 1708, 1714. $.1715,1725. Yen-an-fu, Shen-si. 3000 



J. 1898. $. 1945. Mountains 12 miles KW. of Ko-lan- 

 <;how, Shan-si. 7000'. 



A paler, clearer grey race of the Shantung C. triton De Wint. 



External characters as in true C. triton except that the coloui- 

 is distinctly paler and more drabby (drab-gi-ey) as compared to 

 the darker "smoke-grey" triton: the head and fore back pale 

 clear grey, " grey No. 3," markedly difierent from the compai'a- 

 tively dark grey of triton. 



Skull essentially as in ir?'^054, but rather more delicately built 

 the nasal region, interorbital space, and brain-case all slightly 

 narrower. 



Dimensions of two specimens, measured in the flesh : — 



S . Head and body 155 mm. ; tail 85 ; hind foot 25 ; ear 21. 



$ (type) „ 168 „ ; „ 98 ; „ 24; „ 21. 



