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SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
T’ai-yiian Fu. Here and further north in 
the K’o-lan and Ning-wu mountains they are 
very abundant, especially where there is 
plenty of moss. 
The three specimens from the K’uei-hua- 
ch’éng district were also found in wooded 
and mossy localities, though here the timber 
is less heavy. 
This vole is at once distinguishable from any 
of the foregoing species by its reddish colour. 
Myospalax fontanus, Thos. 
Two specimens, 1 3,1 9. Mountains 50 miles 
N.W. of T’ai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 6,000 ft. 
Eleven specimens, 2 $3, 9 29. Wu-tsai, 20 
miles W. of Ning-wu Fu, Shansi. 6,000 
ft. (?) 
One specimen, g. Mountains 10 miles S. 
of Wu-tsai, Shansi. 7,000 ft. 
Originally identified as M. fontanieri, Mr. 
Thomas subsequently described it as a new 
species (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 1912, 
p- 93). This species differs from M. cansus 
in the very much more rugged nature of the 
skull, its greater size, and persistent white 
spot on the forehead. 
It is very common in certain parts of Shansi. 
Its Chinese names, “ Ha lao,” “ Hsia lao” 
and “Ha huei” all refer to its supposed 
blindness, “‘ Ha” and “ Hsia ” meaning blind. 
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