Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii. First- 
winter, Eilat, 26 October, again 1-3 
November. L Boon, K Van Dijken, K 
Mullarney (Sunbirder). 
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla First-winter, 
Eilat, 30 December. L Boon, K Van Dijken. 
Common Tern Sterna turunda. Total of 
575 breeding pairs, mainly in central 
coastal plain, in 1992, compared with 
300 in 1991. B Sftai, 
Striated Scop's Owl Otus brucei. Eilat, 
10 December-12 January. Rare winter 
visitor. L Boon, K Van Dijken. 
Small Skylark Alauda gulgula. Four, 
Eilat and Yotvata, 12 November-4 
December at lea st. L Boon, KVan Dijken, 
K Mullarney (Sunbirder). 
Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens. 
Eilat, 17 December; perhaps another 
there, 20-31 December at least. L Boon, 
K Van Dijken, Z Ecsedi. At least two 
other winter records (Bull 29: 40). 
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii. 
Male, dead, Kfar Ruppin, 19 September. 
Early winter migrant. P Engstrom, M G 
Prince, J P Smith. 
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus 
agricola. Trapped, Eilat, 22-30 October. 
Fourth record, most recent in 
November 1991 (Bull 29: 41). L Boon, K 
Van Dijken. 
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus 
inornatus. Yotvata, 7 November. K 
Mullarney (Sunbirder). Eilat, 4 January. 
L Boon, K Van Dijken. Rare migrant and 
occasional winter visitor (cf Bull 25: 
44). 
GoldcrestRrvf//i/s regulus. Neve Ytive, 
Golan Heights, 6 December. D Gosney, 
J P Smith. 
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus.Vp 
to eight, Eilat and Yotvata area, 24 
October-12 November. L Boon, K Van 
Dijken, Z Ecsedi, KMullarney ( Sunbirder); 
Kfar Ruppin, 1 October. / P Smith et al. 
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla. First 
winter, Kfar Ruppin, 10 October. 
P Knaus, J P Smith. 
Kuwait 
Velvet Scoter M fusca. Two, locality 
unknown, 10 January. C W T Pilcher, 
Masliehab. 
Oman 
Cory's Shearwater Colonectris diomedea. 
Sa la la h (S Oman), 5 September . Seventh 
record, all previous records were in 
1984-1985 (Hirschfeld in press). 
E Hirschfeld. 
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus 
Iherminieri. 344, Salalah, 4 September. 
high count. E Hirschfeld. 
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra. 634, 
Salalah, 5 September. Significant 
numbers (cf Bundy 1986). 
E Hirschfeld. 
Common Noddy Anous stolidus. Off 
Salalah, 3 September; four, 4 September. 
Scarce and local breeding bird 
(Gallagher and Woodcock 1980). 
E Hirschfeld. 
Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus. 
Salalah, 6 September. Scarce passage 
migrant. E Hirschfeld. 
Pakistan 
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula. 60, 
Clifton Beach, 27 October, with 102 
there, 28 October; 20, Mauripar, 29 
October. Regarded as a scarce winter 
visitor, butprobably regular, in Sind. C 
Bradshazv, G Kirwati. 
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris. 230, 
Clifton Beach, 27 October. A rare, but 
increasingly regular winter visitor 
(Roberts 1991). C Bradshaw, G Kirwan. 
Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus 
lobatus. Mauripur, 29 October. 
Unusually late, mostbirdshave moved 
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