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SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
much hunted for its fine coat in winter. It 
is also found in Shensi, Kansu, Ssti-chuan, 
Chihli and Honan. 
Chinese name = Pao-tzi. 
Maries flavigula borealis, Radde. 
One specimen. No measurements.  T’ai- 
yiian Fu, Shansi. 
This specimen also was secured by a 
native hunter. The marten is a handsome 
animal, with dark grey-brown upper parts, 
bright yellow throat and black legs and 
tail, the latter being long and bushy. About 
the size of a large cat, this animal is very 
savage, and commits serious depredations 
upon the chicken roosts of the villages. The 
marten inhabits almost exclusively the loess 
hills. The Chinese always refer to it as the 
animal that “eats cats.” 
Its Chinese name is Huang yao, (Huang = 
yellow, yao = marten). 
Mustela sibirica, Pallas. 
Two specimens, 99. 5 miles S, of T’ai-yiian 
Fu, Shansi. 2,600 ft. 
One specimen, g. Tientsin, Chihli. Sea 
level. 
This mink is found all over North China, 
but is especially common round towns in 
low-lying, swampy districts. It frequents 
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