Contents 
1 Ornithological research at the National Wildlife Research Center, 
Taif, Saudi Arabia Stephen F Newton 
6 Some observations of birds in northwestern 
Iraq, 1983 SA Rasmussen 
12 Notes on recent changes in the status of breeding herons in 
the Egyptian Nile Valley and Delta SherifM Baha El Din 
16 Impressions of Spring Passerine Migration at 
Aksehir Golii, Turkey Chris Bradshaw and Guy Kirwan 
18 Mixed Flocks of Foraging Jackdaws and Cattle 
Egrets Henk K Mienis 
18 Kestrels feeding on reptiles near Ramla, Israel Henk K Mienis 
20 The OSME Sites Register Scheme: progress rep>ort Mike Evans 
21 Important Bird Areas in the Middle East: an update Mike Evans 
26 News and Information Compiled hy Simon Albrecht 
29 OSME News 
Retiring Chairman 
Thank you 
Forthcoming OSME meetings 
OSME situations vacant 
OSME's bankers 
Photographs for Sandgrouse 
OSME and Sunbird in Egypt, April 1992 Mike Everett 
33 Reviews 
35 Around the Region Compiled by Guy Kirwan 
OSME 
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