OSME Bulletin 28 
Spring 1992 
Editor: Mark Boyd 
All records in this Bulletin are subject to acceptance by the 
relevant records committees of the country concerned. 
Any articles, announcements or requests to do with birds in the 
Middle East are welcome, and may he published free of charge, 
subject to the discretion of the Editor, Accompanying photographs 
and line-drawings are welcome. Bird names generally follow those 
of Birds of the Middle East and North Africa. 
Contributions to the next Bulletin should be received by 15 
September 1992. 
They should preferably be double-spaced and typed. Articles 
on disk (3.5 or 5.25 inch only please ) are welcome. Please 
include both formatted and ASCII files and a paper copy as 
well. 
Illustrations 
We are grateful to the following artists for the illustrations 
used in this Bulletin: 
SM Andrews: black-headed Yellow Wagtail Cover and 47; 
Lesser Sand Plover 3; Rock Nuthatch 17; Bald Ibis 34; Brown 
Booby 54; Lesser Kestrel 56. 
Hilary Welch: House Crow 4; Bee-eater 15. 
We are grateful to the RSPB for the use of the following 
illustrations: 
John Busby: Nightjar 20; Goldcrest 23; Long-tailed Skua 58. 
Darren Rees: Osprey 41; Red Kite 53; Stone-curlew 57. 
