Elburz Range forest steppe and Caspian snowcock ("Tetraogallus caspius"). Eagles here are the lesser spotted eagle ("Aquila pomarina") and the golden eagle ("Aquila chrysaetos"). The ecoregion is also a breeding area for the little bustard ("Tetrax tetrax") and black woodpecker ("Dryocopus martius"). Logging and agriculture have reduced the range of the forests in this ecoregion, dams have disrupted river flows, and overgrazing has degraded habitat. Protected areas with Elburz Range forest steppe in Iran include Golestan National Park and the Ghorkhod Protected Area, both in Golestan Province and totalling . Elburz Range forest steppe The Elburz Range forest steppe ecoregion is an arid, mountainous
Little Birds 'little birds' of the title story refer both to the actual birds used by its exhibitionist protagonist to attract young schoolgirls to his attic, and (metaphorically) to the girls' flight when he finally exposes himself. In other stories, Nin calls into question the objectifying tendencies of the male gaze; both male and female complicity in masochism; and the pornographic genre itself through her subtle subversion. While writing her erotica, and organising that of her fellow writers such as George Barker, Nin referred to herself jokingly as the "madam of this snobbish literary house of prostitution" for a client who examined