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the beaver. The Mongoos is occasionally met 

 with, and is known by the name of kara-Jcoulak. 

 Martens, squirrels, moles (probably the As- 

 palaw), rats, mice, and bats, complete the list 

 of indigenous mammals, with which the country- 

 people are familiar, or the traveller likely to 

 meet. In the Lycian landscape the introduced 

 camel and buffalo play a far more important 

 part than the aboriginal quadrupeds, and their 

 strange and exotic aspect aid not a little in 

 giving it its Eastern character. 



The season, and the multiplicity of objects 

 which engaged our attention, prevented our con- 

 tributing to a knowledge of the ornithology of 

 Lycia. In this department of zoology, however, 

 we may expect to find the same species which 

 frequent the other provinces of Asia Minor, and 

 the shores and islands of Greece. The researches 

 of Mr. Hugh Strickland, and more recently of 

 Captain Drummond, render our neglect of less 

 consequence. During the stay of the Beacon at 

 Macri, one very remarkable bird was shot in the 

 neighbouring marshes. This was the long-lost 

 Smyrna kingfisher, Halcyon Smyrnensis, an 

 ornithological desideratum to which our attention 

 had been directed by Mr. Strickland. A hun- 



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