170 Mr. P. L. Sclater on Pere David’s Travels in China. 
vation of from 6000 to 9000 feet; while Lerwa nivicola keeps to 
the rocks, above 12,000 feet in altitude. Similar interesting 
details are given respecting the principal discoveries in reptiles, 
insects, and other branches of the fauna of Moupin. 
At the end of the year 1869 Pere David left Moupin, nearly 
worn out by the fatigues and privations he had suffered, and re¬ 
turned to Ching-tou, the capital of Setchuan, to recruit hinself 
under the kind hospitality of Monsignor Pinchon,the Apostolic 
Vicar of that district. Before returning homewards, however, 
he determined to make a rapid excursion into the basin of the 
Kokonoor, and, starting the day after Christmas-day, arrived, 
after twelve days' travelling, and crossing a high range of 
mountains, in a wooded valley in the eastern corner of this 
watershed. After traversing the plain of Setchuan, hills of 
small elevation were first met with : thence to arrive at Lon- 
ganfou, on the north-west, four days' march were necessary, 
and higher elevations were entered upon. The parts of the 
basin of the Kokonoor visited by Pere David did not in general 
appearance differ much from Moupin; but a few novelties were 
met with. The most remarkable of these was the Crossoptilon 
ccerulescens, which is most probably the true Phasianus auritus 
of Pallas. Other new species discovered here were lanthocincla 
artemisice, Suthora conspicillata , Allotrius pallidus, and locos 
xanthorrhoeus. 
Pere David returned to Ching-tou again about the end of 
March, and after a month's stay, in order to recruit his health 
and to put his collections in order, descended the Yangtze to 
Shanghai, arriving at that city on the 18th of June, in an 
exhausted state of health, and nearly overcome by the fatigue 
of his long and wearisome journeyings. 
The great interest of Pere David's discoveries consists not 
only in the number of strange and startling novelties met with, 
but likewise in the fact that he has shown the existence on 
the Chinese^slopes of the great central range of Asia of a fauna 
corresponding to that of Nepaul and the Indian face of the 
Himalayas. Thus in mammals the AElurus and Budorcas of 
the Himalayas are met with, as well as the new form, JElu- 
ropus. As regards the ornithology of Moupin, Mr. H. J! 
