cypriaca One, Hurghada 5 April; 
uncommon passage migrant. G Kinuan 
Siskin Carduelis spinus One, Santa 
Katharina 26 March; a scarce winter 
visitor most often recorded in Sinai. 
G Kirzvan 
Israel 
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius 
longicaudus One, Eilat 7 April; rare 
passage migrant in the Gulf of Aqaba. 
G Kinuan, R Lucking, R Morris 
Black Bush Robin Cercotrichas podobe 
One, Yotvata 2 April-30 June at least; 
the twelfth record, first was as recent 
as 1981. perM Whittingham 
Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe 
cypriaca One, Eilat 30-31 March; 
uncommon passage migrant most 
often seen in this area. M Warden, M 
Whittingham 
Qamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus 
stentoreus One, Eilat April; very rare 
at Eilat in recent years. M Warden, M 
Whittingham 
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus 
inomatus One, (humei race, now 
treated as a full species. Oriental 
Warbler P.humei, by the Israel records 
committee) at Eilat from mid- 
December 1989 to at least 5 April 
1990; the third record of this form, per 
R Morris, M Whittingham 
Jordan 
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 
Three, Shuna Dam 19 and 26 January; 
third record. J Andrews 
Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxi A 
pair bred successfully in the southern 
desert, producing one young; the first 
proven breeding record. / Andrews, 
ProfKKermac 
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 
Two, Azraq 20 April, 12 there 26 
April; third and fourth records, 
previous were in 1969 and 1987. / 
Andrews 
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