THE IBIS. 
FOURTH SERIES. 
No. III. JULY 1877. 
XXII .—A Contribution to the Ornithology of Asia Minor . 
By C. G. Danford. 
The following notes result from a trip to Asia Minor during 
ttie winter of 1875-76 and the ensuing spring. The list given 
in no way pretends to he exhaustive, and is only intended as 
a contribution towards the singularly scanty ornithological 
literature appertaining to this country. The number of species 
enumerated will probably appear small, considering the geo¬ 
graphical position of the peninsula. It must, however, be 
borne in mind that, with the exception of a month's journey 
across the interior, the entire time was spent among the 
Cilician mountains, at elevations of above 3000 feet, and 
in districts devoid of marshes, and principally consisting of 
rocks and coniferous woods—conditions very unfavourably to 
the existence of an avifauna rich in species. Had we collected 
on the sea-coast-plains during winter, and remained until 
later in the mountains, a large number of waders, swimmers, 
and migrants would have been added to the list, as, indeed, 
previous experience had already shown us. 
Altogether 138 species of birds were found in the mouli- 
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