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were added to the list today.  A small Sorex, the muntjac & the sambar.

[[circled]] 12 [[/circled]] The prize today was a fine large [[symbol: male]] Civelta which I caught in one of the wolf traps.  When approached it growled or hissed like a house-cat & opened its mouth [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] bared its teeth [[strikethrough]] like a [[/strikethrough]] in a ferocious manner.  We took several photos of it in the trap.  The dorsal mane stood upright at all times & was very conspicuous.  The scent glands were very large & gave out a pleasant odor altho when cut out & held to the nostrils the odor was rank & over powering.  A new shrew, the short tailed large headed Sorex of Lichiang Snow Mtn. was caught today.  I found on one of the trails a dead Proboscis shrew in good condition, dropped by some predatory animal I have no doubt. In the late afternoon I went with Li Wi to the forested edge were we found the Sambar trail yesterday