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JOURNAL OF THE 



NORTH-CHINA BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 



VOLUME LIII— 1922 



CONTENTS 



PROCEEDINGS 



NATURAL HISTORY OF CHINA. By A. de Carle Sowerby 

 GROWTH OF THE YANGTSE DELTA. By H. von Heidenstam 



THE SHUH COUNTRY. By Rev. J. Hutson 



NOTES ON NAMES OF NON-CHINESE TRIBES IN WESTERN 



SZECHCWAN. By J. Huston Edgar 



FIR-FLOWER TABLETS. By J. C. Ferguson 



LAN-TSIH. By Mrs. Elfrida Hudson 



LING YIN MONASTERY POEM. By T. Gaunt, M.A. ... 



NOTES ON THE COAL AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL 



SHANSL By E. Norin 



CHINESE NAMES OF PLANTS. By J. HERS 



ORIBATOIDE A SINENSIS I. By Arthur Paul Jacot 



THE DISTRIBUTION AND HABITS OF THE ARGALI SHEEP OF 



CENTRAL ASIA. By David Sjolander 



PLANTS FROM PEITAIHO. By N. H. Cowdry... ... " " 



NOTES ON THE AGRICULTURE, BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY 



OF CHINA. By B. W. Skvortzow 



PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHINESE BIRDS. By J. H. Riley 



_jn r c W.Richmond 



CHWST m THE "LI TAI SHEN HSIEN TUNG CHIEN." A 



Letter from Dr. H. A. Giles ... 



RECORD PENOLOGICAL COMMITTEE OF THE RUSSIAN 



FAR EAST .- ... «• ••• ■■• 

 OBITUARIES-Sir E. D. H Fraser, K.C.M.G. ... 



Mr. Samuel Couling, M. A 



REVIEWS OF RECENT BOOKS 



NOTES AND QUERIES ... 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY ... 

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