Contents 
1 The Abu Simbil experience Sherifand Mindy 
Baha El Din 
6 The Crab Plover in Kuwait and the northern Arabian 
Gulf: a brief review and some new counts P J Cowan 
10 The occurrence of Great Black-headed Gulls in 
Bahrain in winter of 1989/90 Erik Hirschfeld 
12 Comn\ents on the breeding range of the Armenian 
Gull Werner Suter 
16 Djibouti - six years on Geoff and Hilary Welch 
20 Hotamis - are the wetlands still there? Guy Kirwan 
23 The wetlands at Eregli, Turkey Guy Kirwan 
25 A second breeding site of the Purple Gallinule in 
southern Turkey Arjan Ovaa and Rene Vos 
27 Dunn's Lark breeding in Egypt SherifM Baha El Din 
28 Behaviour and status of Black-winged Kite in Egypt 
Derek J Evans 
29 Honey Buzzard behaviour Derek J Evans 
30 OSME News 
34 Requests 
36 Library Report 
36 Reviews 
40 News and Information Compiled by Simon J Albrecht 
42 Around the Region Compiled by Guy Kirwan 
47 Announcements 
47 Stop Press 
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