Recent items received in the library include the following, which may not have come 
to the attention of all members. 
Bennett, CJL (Ed) 1990. The Cyprus Ornithological Society 34th An- 
nual Report. Cyprus Ornithological Society (1957), Nicosia. 
This is the latest in the series of bird reports for Cyprus, covering 1987. The 
systematic list gives details of the 266 species recorded during the year. Of 
particular note are records of a small influx of Great Black-headed Gulls Larus 
ichthyaetus, the island's third record of Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola, and 
two female Hooded Wheatears Oenanthe monacha, the first since 1 875. Additionally, 
there are papers on the feeding behaviour of Kingfishers Alcedo atthis, Masked 
Shrike Lanius nubicus, the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus, and 
the results of a census of Audouin's Gulls Larus audouinii breeding on the 
Klidhes Islands.The COS can be contacted at PO Box 4319, Nicosia, Cyprus. 
Jennings, MC 1990. ABBA Survey no 8: Summary report of an orni- 
thological survey of the Peoples' Democratic Republic of Yemen, 
October/November 1989. 
This eight-page summary report details observations made during a visit to 
South Yemen from 23 October-9 November 1989, primarily to collect data for 
the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Arabia project. Useful contacts were also made 
by Mike on behalf of OSME to assist with Society's prosposed expedition to 
southern Yemen in spring 1992. A very rigourous schedule allowed virtually 
the whole of the country to be visited, if somewhat hurriedly. Packed full of 
interesting observations, this is a taster of the full report to follow in due 
course. For more information and details of the ABBA project, contact Mike 
Jennings, 4 Croft Close, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE18 8TJ. 
Reviews 
Zoology in the Middle East. Volume 3. 1989. Edited by Ragnar Kinzel- 
bach and Max Kasparek. 
This is the third issue of the journal which publishes original papers on 
morphology, zoogeography, faunistics, systematics, animal biology and ecology 
of the Middle East. 
There are 12 papers in the 133 pages, with contents as follows: mammals (1), 
birds (1), reptiles (3), fish (1), molluscs (2), insects (2) and Crustacea (2). 
