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, Eight specimens, 6 \^S, 2 ??. 5 miles Tai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 2,600 ft. Two specimens, ^S 20 miles 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, Eight specimens, 6 \^S, 2 ??. 5 miles Tai-yiian Fu, Shansi. 2,600 ft. Two specimens, ^S 20 miles of Tai-yiian Fu. Shansi. 3,950 ft. A very common species in these 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, Two specimens, S, ?• Tabool, 100 miles N. of Kalgan, Mongolia. 4,000 gerbil differs from the first namedspecies in being of a more sandy colour, in theabsence of the white underpart
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