1877.] THE MAMMALS OF ASIA MINOR. 271 
The districts which he had an opportunity of becoming per- 
sonally acquainted with are as follows :— 
1. The neighbourhood of Ismid, at the head of the gulf of the 
same name, 
2. The low country to the south-east of Smyrna nearly to 
Denizli, especially the valleys of the Greater and Lesser Meander. 
3. The bushy plains at Adalia, and part of the mountainous dis- 
trict of Lycia near that port. 
4. The high wooded mountain-ranges of the Bulgar Dagh and 
Ala Dagh, in the Cilician Taurus. 
5. The country which lies between these mountains and the 
Black Sea, and which, with the exception of a few oak-scrub- and 
forest-covered ranges near the shores of the latter, consists prin- 
cipally of a barren undulating plateau, having a mean elevation of 
about 3500 feet. 
The time spent in most of these localities was short; and the 
season of the year at which they were visited was either winter or 
early spring. - 
Both these facts argue strongly against the list being at all an 
exhaustive one, especially as regards the Bats, Insectivores, and 
Rodents, many more species of which will doubtless be found to 
inhabit the country. This paper, therefore, must be taken merely 
as a contribution to our knowledge of the mammalian fauna of 
Asia Minor. 
With regard to the distribution of the species in adjoining countries, 
we have consulted Geoffroy St.-Hilaire for Greece}, Kotschy for 
Cyprus’, Pallas* and Ménétriés* for the Caucasus, Canon Tristram 
for Palestine*, Mr. Blanford for Persia 8. and Dr. Severtzoff for 
Turkestan’. 
The species of which specimens were brought home are marked 
with an asterisk ; those of which the evidence of occurrence seems 
doubtful are not numbered and are enclosed in brackets. 
1. *VESPERUGO SEROTINUS (Schreber). 
Common in the central districts. Some specimens were obtained 
at the village of Issa-fakyr, near Yuzgat. There is a range of low 
rocky hills here, on which grows a little oak-scrub, and by the 
roadside are a few orchards, vineyards, and willow trees. 
This was the only Bat obtained, although many other species 
will doubtless be found to occur. 
2. *CROcIDURA LEUCODON (Herm. ). 
Common in the mountains. It has been found in the Caucasus 
by Eichwald, and in Turkestan by Dr. Severtzoff. According to 
* Expéd. Scient. en Morée, Zoologie, pp. 10-18. 
* Unger und Kotschy, Die Insel Cypern, p. 570. 
8 Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. 4 Catalogue Raisonné, pp. 16-25. 
* P.Z.8. 1866, pp. 84-93. ® Hastern Persia, ii. pp. 18-97. 
’ Turkestanskie Jevotnie (the Mammal portion translated by F. C. Craemers, 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xviii. pp. 40, 168, 208, 325, 377, 1876). 
