SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
One skin and skull, without measurements, 
was received from a native hunter who said 
it came from about 70 miles N.N.W. of T’ai- 
yuan Fu—this would be about the same 
locality as the above. It was at first thought 
that this was a new form, but Biichner’s 
description of a species from Kansu so exactly 
agrees with it, though from so widely dis- 
tant a locality, that our species cannot be 
separated, at least, till specimens from both 
places have been compared. A somewhat 
rare animal, it is found only in the largest 
forests of the high mountain ranges, where it 
hides in holes in trees, coming out only in the 
evening. These squirrels are difficult to trap 
and are not easily kept alive in captivity. 
The latter fact is due doubtless to the diffi- 
culty in supplying their natural diet. 
The Chinese name ee ”” means “ Fly- 
ing rat.” (Fei = to fly; hsu = rat.) 
13. Sciurotamias davidianus, M.-Edw. 
Five specimens, 99. 50 miles N.W. of T’ai- 
yuan Fu, Shansi. 5,500 ft. and 6,000 ft. 
Four specimens, 2 dd, 2 ¢9. Mountains 
70 miles N.N.W. of T’ai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 
7,000 ft. 
The first specimens of this very widely 
distributed squirrel were obtained by myself; 
the other four by a native hunter. All came 
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