82 Mr. C. G. Danford on the 
for the following rough description of another excursion in 
Asia Minor. 
The time passed on the mainland was from January | to 
April 23, 1879. The number of species of birds identified was, 
considering the extent and varied character of the country 
traversed, not large; but as we moved northwards and 
westwards before the time of migration, many birds were 
missed which a longer stay in the south-eastern districts 
would doubtless have added to the list. 
Among the species met with are no novelties, and only two 
which it is believed have not hitherto been recorded from 
the western Palearctic region. 
We reached Rhodes December 10th, and spent the short 
remainder of the year (1878) in making a tour through the 
greater part of the island, the route taken being by the west 
coast to Soronee, thence across country to Lindos, of knightly 
and ceramic fame, and so by the eastern shore back to the 
capital. The population of Rhodes is now scanty; and, with 
the exception of narrow strips by the sea-shore, there is but 
little cultivation. The interior is hilly, much broken up by 
earthquakes, and, though bare in some parts, is generally 
covered with evergreens, heaths, and aromatic herbs. Red- 
legged Partridges were everywhere numerous ; Woodcocks 
had just began to arrive; and fallow deer were found among 
the myrtle and arbutus thickets of Dimilia and the pine- 
woods of Laerma. Birds in general, however, were very 
scarce, not more than twenty species having been seen—a fact 
probably attributable to the dryness of the island. Still, in 
the pine-woods Nuthatches and Woodpeckers might have 
been expected to occur; yet only one of the latter was ob- 
served. Limmergeyers, Vultures, and other birds of prey 
were common ; and on one occasion one of the smaller Hagles 
on being fired at, dropped a dead Marsh-Harrier. 
1877, p. 261), also some districts previously visited and incidentally re- 
ferred to. The configuration of the country is taken from an excellent 
map by the late Dr. Petermann. The principal towns are indicated by 
a circle with a black centre, smaller towns by a plain circle, and villages 
and halting-places by a black dot. 
