OSME in Yemen: news from the field Rod Martins 
Goodbye ICBP - welcome, BirdLife International 
Priority bird species in the Republic of Yemen 
- a provisional assessment Richard Porter 
Bird sites in Turkey requiring research 
during 1993 Murat Yarar and Gernant Magnin 
Ahlat Marsh, eastern Turkey Mark Cocker and John Temple-Lang 
The birds of Gezira, Egypt Derek ] Evans and Klaas Douwe Dijkstra 
Diet of the Desert Eagle Owl in Harrat al Harrah reserve, 
northern Saudi Arabia Mike Evans and Paul Bates 
A large breeding colony of Gtrine Wagtails in eastern Turkey 
Geir S Andersen, Magne JOann, Gunnar Sandve and Bjorn Olav Tveit 
"Cinnamon-browed" white-eyes in Sana 'a, Yemen Derek Harvey 
A change in the nut-cracking technique used by Hooded Crows 
in Kibbutz Netzer Sereni, Israel HenkKMienis 
OSME News 
OSME AGM 1993 
Progress with Important Bird Areas in the Middle East Mike Evans 
News and Information Compiled by Simon Albrecht and Tom Nightingale 
Reviews 
Putting Biodiversity on the Map 
The Birds of Cyprus 
The Birds of Africa vol IV 
Around the region Compiled by Guy Kirwan 
OSME C/O THE LODGE, SANDY, BEDFORDSHIRE SG19 IDL, UK 
