promised. As well as Recorders Reports and a regular Notes /Queries feature, 
articles on a wide range of natural history topics are included - many attractively 
illustrated by full colour photographs. Colour printing is effectively used too on 
front and back covers of each issue. Volume 1.1 appropriately focuses on the 
eponymous Tribulus flower (Zygophyllaceae); and volume 1.2 portrays two 
strikingly beautiful UAE migrant birds - Bee-eater M^ro^s apiaster and Kingfisher 
Alcedo atthis. 
Of particular interest to OSME members is a bird list of 367 species for the UAE, 
and an article musing on another 50 that may confidently be expected to turn up 
there. Colin Richardson of Dubai is a co-author of both these papers, and 
unashamedly admits to six new species added to the official list even since his 
book was published late last year: Little Crake Porzana parva, October 1990; Long- 
toed Stint Calidris subminuta, September 1990; Sabine's Gull Lams sabini, June 
1991; Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala, April 1990; Dusky Warbler 
Phylloscopus fuscatus, October 1990; and BlackDrongoDzcrurwsm^crocercus, 1986 
(Reviewed). 
Adrian Chapman writes of a birding trip to Dalma Island (24''30'N 52°18'E) in 
October 1989; and Bish Brown et al describe a breeding colony of Crab Plovers 
Dromas ardeola on Abu al Abyadh Island (24°10'N 53°45'E) visited in the summers 
of 1990 and 1991. Sir Bani Yas Island (24°20'N 52°08'E) is currently being 
surveyed by EHNG on behalf of HE Sheikh Zayed, and is to be reported upon in 
a future issue. 
Older Bird-persons (or do I mean Older-bird Persons) may also find the 
palaeontological work described in this volume of Tribulus of specific interest. I 
understand that numerous whole Ostrich eggs (thick-shelled) have been 
unearthed, along with the more exotic Miocene fossils mentioned, some of which 
are being displayed at the Natural History Museum in London from December 
1991. 
OSME Council will note with satisfaction the high degree of collaboration 
manifest between the local authorities and business enterprises on the one hand, 
and the international scientists and amateur naturalists on the other. The quality 
of the work being done and the manner of its presentation in the pages of Tribulus 
bodes well for the environmental cause in UAE. Best wishes for continued 
success with their surveys and conservation efforts, and in further enhancement 
of their already worthy Bulletin. 
Stan Howe 
Turkiye Kuslari By I. Kiziroglu (1989) Ankara, 314 pp; and Tiirkiye'nin 
Av ve Yaban Hayvanlari: Kuslar By N Turan (1990) Ankara, 274 pp. 
In 1945, ERGENE published a book on the birds of Turkey. After a period of 
almost half a century, in which no comprehensive book on Turkish birds was 
available, two books have now been published at almost the same time. They are 
similar in style, and both give details on identification, habitat and distribution 
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