SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
not secured, was the antelope (probably Gazella 
subgutturosa). 
The Ordos hedgehog (Erinaceus miodon), which 
was one of the new discoveries of this expedition, 
is a light-coloured species, closely related to the 
Chihli and Shantung form, #. dealbatus. Its chief 
characteristic is that it has “‘no wholly white 
spines intermixed with the brown-ringed ones.” 
This hedgehog seems to belong exclusively to 
Mongolia, as we never heard of it south of the 
Wall. The nearest locality in Shensi at which 
hedgehogs have been secured is Pao-chi in the Wei 
River basin, where Father Hugh discovered a new 
species (E. hughi), named after him by Mr. Thomas. 
The food of the Ordos hedgehog seems to consist 
of beetles, numerous varieties of which swarm over 
the sandhills. 
The badger from this district is identical with 
Meles leptorhynchus described from Peking. This 
animal exists all over North China and is very 
common in certain places. The Chinese value 
dressed badger skins, which make excellent damp- 
resisting rugs. The Manchurian hunter wears 
a badger skin hanging from his waist at the back, 
thus ensuring a dry seat when out in the snows 
and rains. The badger is a great robber of melon 
patches and maize fields, in search of which he 
will travel long distances during the night. 
Amongst the chipmunks obtained by us two 
new subspecies were discovered, namely, Eutamias 
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