Sport and science on the Sino-Mongolian frontier . .^. Golden Eagll. JvUDUv Siikld-Duc:k. ?Opposite p. 192.] SINO-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER mously larger bullae, than in the other twospecies, of which M. unguiculatus is entirelydiurnal and M. psammophilus partly so. M. auceps has also been recorded fromNorth Shensi, as well as from the OrdosDesert itself. Chinese name Huang hsu, meaning Yellow rat. 17. Meriones psammophilus, M.-Edw. Eight specimens, 6 ^S, 2 ??. 5 miles S.of Tai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 2,600 ft. Two specimens, ^S 20 miles N.W. of Tai-yiian Fu. Shansi. 3,950 ft. A very common species in the

Sport and science on the Sino-Mongolian frontier . .^. Golden Eagll. JvUDUv Siikld-Duc:k. ?Opposite p. 192.] SINO-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER mously larger bullae, than in the other twospecies, of which M. unguiculatus is entirelydiurnal and M. psammophilus partly so. M. auceps has also been recorded fromNorth Shensi, as well as from the OrdosDesert itself. Chinese name Huang hsu, meaning Yellow rat. 17. Meriones psammophilus, M.-Edw. Eight specimens, 6 ^S, 2 ??. 5 miles S.of Tai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 2,600 ft. Two specimens, ^S 20 miles N.W. of Tai-yiian Fu. Shansi. 3,950 ft. A very common species in the Stock Photo

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Sport and science on the Sino-Mongolian frontier . .^. Golden Eagll. JvUDUv Siikld-Duc:k. ?Opposite p. 192.] SINO-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER mously larger bullae, than in the other twospecies, of which M. unguiculatus is entirelydiurnal and M. psammophilus partly so. M. auceps has also been recorded fromNorth Shensi, as well as from the OrdosDesert itself. Chinese name Huang hsu, meaning Yellow rat. 17. Meriones psammophilus, M.-Edw. Eight specimens, 6 ^S, 2 ??. 5 miles S.of Tai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 2, 600 ft. Two specimens, ^S 20 miles N.W. of Tai-yiian Fu. Shansi. 3, 950 ft. A very common species in these districts.It inhabits sandy places, from which fact itderives its name. It is smaller than eitherof the other two gerbils already mentioned, though in colour it more closely resemblesM. auceps. Chinese name as in M. auceps. 18. Meriones unguiculatus, M.-Edw. Two specimens, S, ?• Tabool, 100 miles N. of Kalgan, Mongolia. 4, 000 ft.This gerbil differs from the first namedspecies in being of a more sandy colour, in theabsence of the white underpart

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