NATURAL HISTORY OF LAKE UEMI. 871 



Orthoptera {Decticus and CEdipodidce), which, almost invisible 

 when at rest, used to get up in blue clouds before the feet of 

 our horses. Towards evening many wall butterflies cotiie out 

 of their hiding-places under stones and fly about during the 

 short twilight. 



Mole-crickets {Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, L.) are common in the 

 moister localities. Ants and ant-lions are to be found up to a 

 height of 6000 feet. 



List of Animals distinguished hy special names hy the Syrians 

 living in the TJrmi Basin. 



In the compilation of the following list I owe much to my 

 interpreter friends, Shamasha Josip of Superghan and Pepino 

 Sadok or " Popina." The list is coofiued to those animals with 

 which my informants professed to be personally acquainted, and 

 will enable the reader to form some idea of the state of their 

 zoological knowledge, even though the English equivalents of 

 many of the names are very doubtful. My heartiest thanks are 

 due to Professor Margoliouth and to his talented wife for their 

 help in the revision of the list and in the identification of the 

 languages to which the words belong, whether Old Syriac (O.S.), 

 JSTeo-Syriac (N.S.), Armenian (Arm.), Arabic (Arab.), Persian 

 (P.), or Turki (T.). (Stoddard) indicates that the word is to be 

 found in his Modern Syriac Vocabulary, of which the manuscript 

 is now in the possession of Professor Margoliouth. 



Mammalia. 



Bat praka lele, O.S. ; /jY. = " flier by night." 



Cat caton, Arm. 



Leopard nemra, O.S. 



Dog kalba, O.S. 



Otter kalba dmia, O.S. " Water dog." 



Wolf deva, O.S. 



Fox tala, O.S. 



„ vachaqiie, P. 



Bear debba, O.S. 



Badger kouja, N.S. (Stoddard). 



Hyaena hotare. Rare in plain of Urmi, common at Mosul. 



Hedgehog kadouda, koutoulta, koubda. (?= the name of a bird.) 



Squirrel sennara. 



Mouse ukb'ra, O.S. (?=jerboa.) 



Water-rat (?)..,... kora meehk. 



Gerbillus or Dipus kaecha. 



,, garoun. 



Hare kirviche, N.S. (Stoddard). 



? qara bache. " Black head," T. (Perhaps the caracal, or 



desert-lynx *.) 



* According to Prof. Blochmann our word caracal is derived from the Turki 

 gara-qolaq^, signifying " black-ear." 



