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XIV Equipped for bunting hares on horseback . 60 



XV Eats and iMice 70 



XVI The Kansu Allactaga (Allacfaga mongoUca 



longior) ....... 72 



The Buzzard (Buteo licmilasius) . . . ,, 



XVII Tlie Golden Eagle {Aqtiila clmjsactus) . . 86 



XVIII The Chinese Pheasant (Phaslanus laangsuensis) 90 



The Shansi Pheasant [Pliasiunus sp.) . . ,, 



XIX F. W. Warrington and a Manchurian Eared- 

 pheasant. Shot near Tai-yuan Fu, Shansi . 94 



XX The Bearded Partridge {Penlix daurica) . 98 



The Chukar {Caccabis chukar) . . . ,, 



XXI The jManchurian Eared-Pheasant {Crossoptilon 



mantchuricum) ...... 102 



The Baikal or Spectacled Teal (Querquedula 



formosa) . . . . . . . ,, 



XXII The Bean Goose (Anser segetiim) . . . 112 



The Bean Goose. A seven pounder . . ,, 



XXIII Wild Ducks on the Si-an Fu Plain, Shensi . 118 



XXIV The Common Teal {Querquedula crecca) . 120 



XXV A Bag of Snipe 126 



XXVI The Coot, (Fullca atra) 128 



The Common Snipe {Gallinago media) . . ,, 



XXVII The Ibis billed Curlew (IbidorhynchuS' strutJiersi) 144 



The Curlew (Numenius arguatus) . . . ,, 



XXVIII A pair of Green Water-snakes {Tropidonotus 



tigrinus ....... 162 



The Chinese Mud-Turtle [Trionyx siriensis) . ,, 



