immaUire flew west, Ras El Hikma, 
Marsa Matruh, 2 October 1994; imma- 
ture flew west, Zaranik, north Sinai, 6 
October 1994. A Grieve. 2, Port Said, 
20 February. M&S Baha el Din. Rare 
and irregular in recent years. 
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocevhahis 
2 subadults, Gezira North Geisum, 12 
June 1994. First summer record for 
Egyptian Red Sea coast. R Hoath, D 
Russell. 
Audouin's Gull Larus audounii 
3 immatures, Montazeh, Alexandria, 
25 December 1994. Rare winter visi- 
tor. A Riad. 
Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 
77 km west of Alexandria, 2 March. 
Third record for Egypt. 
Common Gull Larus canus 
Port Said, 16 Etecember 1994. Rare 
winter visitor. A Riad. 
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 
Ras A.bu Galum, Sinai, 3 January. A 
rare winter visitor. D & S Robel. 
African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 
7, Abu Simbel, 21 November 1994; 2, 
Shallal, Aswan, 25 November 1994. D 
Murdoch. Abu Simbel, 10 April. 
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 
2, Sharm el Sheikh, south Sinai, 14 
October 1994. Rare in Sinai. A Grieve. 
Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata 
Zaranik, north Sinai, 17 October 1994. 
Very rare autumn visitor. A Grieve. 
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti 
8, 48 km south of Marsa Matruh, 27 
September-2 October 1994. A Grieve. 
Many, south and west of Marsa 
Matruh, 12-14 June. 
. Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey 
15, 48 km south of Marsa Matruh, 28 
September 1994. A Grieve. Two, south 
of Marsa Matruh, 12 Jime, with three 
there, 14 June. Last recorded in 1969. 
Temminck's Homed Lark Eremophila biphola 
2, Abu Sir, 25 km south of Cairo, 27 
February 1994; one there, 11 January. 
Possible southerly range extension. R 
Hoath. 
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 
north of Wadi Hagul, between Cairo 
and Suez, 30 March. First record for 
Egypt and the Western Palearctic. A. 
Rosier. 
Richard's Pipit Anthus novacseelandiae 
Sharm el-Sheikh: 30 December 1994, 
11 January; 4, Naama Bay, 6 January. 
Scarce winter visitor, only three pre- 
vious records from southern Sinai. D 
& S Robel. 
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 
male. Sheikh Zweid, north Sinai, 30 
March. Scarce passage migrant. 
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla agump 
5 pairs, including a pair feeding 
young, near Abu Simbel, Lake 
Nasser, 2 May 1994. The first con- 
firmed breeding in the Western 
Palearctic (see Baha el Din 1994); Abu 
Simbel, 23 November 1994. D 
Murdoch. 
Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe a/priaca 
Zaranik, north Sinai, 17 October 1994. 
Rare visitor. A Grieve. 
Upcher's Warbler Hxppolais languida 
Sharm el-Sheikh, 11 January. Eighth 
record and first in winter (cf . Baha el 
Din & Baha el Din 1995). D&S Robel. 
Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melawthorax 
Male, Sharm el-Sheikh refuse dump, 9 
Janury; male, between Sharm el- 
Sheikh and sewage farm, 10 Janury. 
Vagrant. D&S Robel. 
Desert Waibler Sylvia nana 
2, Wadi Hagul, 4 March. Rare winter 
visitor. 
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula paroa 
1-3, Sidi Abd el Rahman, 30 
September-3 October 1994; El Arish, 
north Sinai, 7 October 1994. Scarce 
passage migrant. A Grieve. 
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabeUinus 
male, 50 km west of Quseir, 13 April. 
Second record since 1984. 
Pale Rock Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla 
1, Bir Beida, 13 April. 
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