first record from the vicinity of Cairo. 
A Grieve 
Striated Scops Owl Oius brucei Wadi 
Taba, Sinai, 24 November. Third record 
for Egypt, the first this century. A Grieve 
Little Swift Apus affinis Sharm el 
Skeikh, 21 and 22 November. Rare 
passage migrant. A Grieve 
Bimaculated Lark Melanacorypha 
bimaculata Sharm el Sheikh, 23 
November. Rare in autumn, only one 
previous record, though more common 
on spring passage. A Grieve 
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 
Na'ama, Sharm el Sheikh, 25 and 26 
Novemberp; El Tur, Sinai, 26 
November. Second and third records 
for Egypt. A Grieve 
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 
El Arish, 18 November. Latest autumn 
sighting for Egypt. A Grieve 
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii 
Three, Wadi Arish, 1 7 November. Rare 
winter visitor. A Grieve 
Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus 
aedon In gardens at St Katherine 
Monastery, 20 November. The first 
record for Egypt and third record for 
the Western Palearctic. A Grieve 
PendulineTit Remiz pendulinus Two, 
El Tur, Sinai, 26 November. Rare winter 
visitor. A Grieve 
Israel 
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus 
indiacus Eilat, 28 January. First record. 
Haim Hovel 
Oman 
All records have been accepted by the 
Oman Bird Records Committee 
(OBRC) 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffins 
pacificus Mirbat, 24 May 1991. E 
Hirschfeld 
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Raysut, 
16 May 1991; Mirbat 24 May 1991; off 
Taqah 25 June 1991 . All South Oman. E 
Hirschfeld, W F Simpson 
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Old records 
have been reviewed and rejected. The 
species is deleted from The Oman List 
Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 
Al Ansab Dump, Sunub, 14 February 
1991. Sixth record. C M Greaves 
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Al Ansab 
Dump, Sunub, 21 February - 1 March 
1991. First confirmed record of Tawny 
Eagle race. C M Greaves 
Demioselle Crane Anthropoides virgo 
Two, near Salalah, 23 December 1990 
to 9 January 1991. Ninth record. 1 J A 
Brown, I McLeish 
Great Snipe Gallinago media Hilf 
(Masirah), 3 October 1990 and found 
dead 5 October; another there, 6-10 
October 1990. Fifth and sixth records. 
C M Greaves 
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius 
tenuirostris Two, Barr Al Hikman 6 
and 8 January 1990. Second record. / 
Uttley 
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea One to 
three, Masirah, 9-14 July 1990; adult 
and immature there, 22 July 1991. 
Second and third records. / Bryan, C M 
Greaves 
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