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Robin Erithacus rubecula Three, winter 
visitor, El Arish and Rafah, 13/1/89. 
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 
Five, winter visitor, El Arish and 
Rafah, 13/1/89. 
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 
Five, Zaranik, - 22/9/10; and one, 
St Catherine, 14/10/88. 
Blacks tart Cercomela melanura Two, 
resident at Nuweiba', 10-11/10/88; 
and one, St Catherine, 14/10/88. 
Stonechat Saxicola torquata One, around pond at the sewage farm, Sharm El 
Sheik, 13/10/88; and very common winter visitor to North. 
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 50, in scrub on beach; and several taken from 
quail nets and put into cage, Zaranik, 22-23/9/88. 
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina One, Na'ama Bay, in parking lot 
near Marine El Sharm Hotel, 13/10/88. 
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica One, male, western race, in scrub 
on beach, Zaranik, 23/9/88. 
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Common resident throughout Sinai, 
especially in the North. 
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha Three, along main road between Taba and 
Nuweiba', 10/10/88. 
White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Common resident in South. 
Graceful Warbler Prinia gracilis One, heard at Rafah, 13/1/89. 
Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta Six, resident in St Catherine, 14/10/88 
and two, wadi , central North Sinai, 14/1/89. 
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Large number in reeds at sewage farm 
near Sharm El- Sheikh; one individual had been attracted at night to the 
lights and was rescued from the giftshop on the beach at the Marine El 
Sharm Hotel, 12-13/10/88. 
Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida One, in the scrub along the beach, 
Zaranik, 23/9/88. 
