SINO-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER 
The wolves ‘seen in the extreme north of 
Shansi were large and of a very pale 
colour, with long hair. Two seen on the 
Mongolian Plateau near Lama Miao were, on 
the other hand, rather dark, though in size 
they surpassed the Shansi variety. The 
winter skins from K’ou-wai, that is beyond 
the northern passes of China, meaning Mon- 
golia generally, command a much better 
price in the fur market than do the skins 
from China proper. They are of a far better 
quality, the hair being longer, thicker and 
softer, and usually of a much lighter colour. 
These skins also are generally larger than 
those from further south. 
11. Vulpes vulpes subsp. 
Three specimens. One skull, 20 miles S.W. 
of Ning-wu Fu, Shansi. 5,700 ft. 
One skull, and one complete specimen, 3. 
Wu-tsai, 20 miles W. of Ning-wu Fu, 
Shansi. 
The fox, like the wolf, has a very wide 
distribution in North China. Annually great 
numbers of skins are exported from Tientsin. 
Its Chinese name is ‘‘ Hu li” or “ Hu-tzi.” 
12. Scturopterus sp. 
Nine specimens, 4 $3, 5 99. Mountains 10 
miles S. of Wu-tsai, Shansi. Altitude, 
8,000 ft. 
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