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We should like to acknowledge the following with thanks for their part in 
this event: British Birds magazine, John Bushy, Professor 3uttiker, Dave 
Cottridge, Christopher Helm, Mike Jennings and T. & A. D. Poyser for the 
various prizes; all the artists, including Graham Groombridge and Mike 
Langman; Richard Porter for the Sali Acar prints; and all trade stand 
participants (we hope to see them again); and Bungay Women's Institute for 
the excellent cream tea. 
10th Anniversary Quiz 
As you will see from the write-up of the 10th Anniversary, part of the 
entertainment was a Middle Eastern quiz set by Chris Harbard: 20 
far-f rom-simple questions as shown by the fact that no-one got them all 
right! Two people managed 18 (Steve Lister and Mike Jennings), and, by 
the luck of the draw, Steve won the bottle of 'Famous Sandgrouse' whisky. 
Because of the shortage of time at the end of the afternoon, it was not 
possible to reveal the answers, so for those of you who pitted your wits 
and failed, and those of you who were unable to attend, below are the 
questions again, with the answers at the back of this Bulletin . 
In all of these questions, 'Middle East' describes the OSME region. 
1. Who wrote 'Birds of Arabia' in 1954? 
2. What do the initials SPNI stand for? 
3. What is the alternative English name for White-breasted Kingfisher? 
4. In which year was Sandgrouse 1 published? 
5. Which British bird has an isolated subspecies in W Arabia called 
asirensis ? 
6. In which Middle Eastern country do Mute Swans breed? 
7. Kim's father gave his name to this Middle Eastern endemic 
8 and gave his wife Dora's name to this one. 
9. What is the longest flying bird in the Middle East (from bill to 
tail)? 
10. Which species, now confined mainly to Iraq, used to breed at Lake 
Antioch, Turkey? 
11. Which is the only species of woodpecker to breed in Israel? 
12. How would you distinguish Ammomanes deserti azizi from A. d. annae ? 
13. Which of the following does not breed in Turkey? - Bearded Tit, 
Treecreeper, Great Grey Shrike, Rook and Siskin. 
14. What is the bill colour of an adult Desert Finch? 
15. How many species of gull breed in the Middle East? 
16. Which two Sylvia warblers breed in Cyprus? 
17. How can you distinguish between Indian and African Silverbills in 
flight? 
18. In which country does Streaked Weaver breed as an escape? 
19. Apart from House Sparrow, which other passerine breeds in every Middle 
Eastern country? 
20. Which seaduck breeds in Turkey? 
