SINO-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER 
from the same general district, where they 
are very common. 
14. Eutamias asiaticus intercessor, Thos. 
Four specimens, 2 g3, 2 99. Mountains 
50 miles N.N.W. of T’ai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 
6,000 ft. 
One specimen, 9. Mountains 70 miles 
N.N.W. of T’ai-yian Fu, Shansi. 
7,000 ft. 
One specimen, 9. Mountains 30 miles W. 
of K’uei-hua-ch’éng. North Shansi. 7,000 
ft. 
As already stated, the chipmunk is an 
intermediate form between that of the Ordos 
(Eutamias asiaticus ordinalis) and that from 
the mountains west of Peking (E. a. senescens). 
Its Chinese name is “ Ke li.” 
15. Citellus mongolicus umbratus, Thos. 
Four specimens, 99. 20 miles W. of Lama 
Miao, Mongolia. 4,000 ft. 
Two specimens, 99. 50 miles W. of Lama 
Miao, Mongolia. 4,000 ft. 
Six specimens, go. Tabool, 100 miles N. 
of Kalgan, Mongolia. 4,000 ft. 
This ground squirrel, which closely re- 
sembles the species from China proper and 
the Ordos, is extremely common throughout 
the region we traversed. The six specimens 
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