DHKD would be grateful to any birdwatcher who can send us observations 
from the following sites from the period 1989-1995: Ilgaz mountains (IBA No 
012), Yenigaga Golii (017), Yesilirmak Delta (018), Eber Golii (022), Karapinar 
plain (025), Todurge Golii (031), Tuzla Golii, Kayseri (033), Gulluk marshes 
(037), Karamik marshes (039), Kiigiik Menderes Delta (040), Koycegiz-Dalyan 
(055) and any site from southeastern and eastern Turkey (IBAs 060 to 078). 
Data from sites in the east which are not described in the current IBA invento- 
ry are also welcomed. 
Most welcome is the data presented on the Special Recording Forms which 
can be obtained from Guy Kirwan, 6 Connaught Road, Norwich NR2 3BP, 
United Kingdom. Send your notes, forms or reports to: Murat Yarar, DHKD 
Bird and Wetland Section, P.K. 18, 80810, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey. 
Your help will be fully acknowledged in the forthcoming revised IBA publica- 
tion. Thank you in advance for your assistance. 
Gemant Magnin and Murat Yarar 
New Middle East Checklist. 
A new checklist covering the entire Middle Eastern region from Egypt in the 
west, Socotra in the south and Aghanistan and Iran in the north and east is 
currently in an advanced state of preparation. Each country receives individ- 
ual treatment, with codes detailing each species' status. Recent records of 
vagrants where documented are listed and references for ail species supplied. 
If you have, as yet, unsubmitted or unpublished records of vagrants from any 
part of the Middle East please contact tiie authors at the address below as soon 
as possible. All help will be fully acknowledged, both in the relevant country 
section and in the book's introduction. 
Guy Kirwan & Pete Davidson, 6 Connaught Road, Norwich NR2 3BP, UK 
Reviews 
Andrews, I.J. (1995) The birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Andrews, 
Musselburgh (U.K.). 185pp. £18.50. Available from Ian J. Andrews, 39 
Clayknowes Drive, Musselburgh, Midlothian EH21 6UW, U.K. 
This is a very well planned and executed book on the status of Jordan's birds, 
which fills a long standing gap in the ornithology of the Middle East. As Ian 
Andrews comments, many of the species range map'^ published in BWP and 
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