Small Skylark Alauda gulgula one, Sharm- 
el-Sheikh, 15 December 1993. 
A Schaftenaar. 
Richard'sYipH Anthusnovaeseelandiae three, 
Sharm-el-Sheikh, 15 December 1993. A 
Schaftenaar. 
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe 
xanthoprymna male, 40km south of Taba, 
29 December 1993. Scarce winter visitor. 
G Engberg. 
Siberian Ruby throat Luscinia calliope first- 
winter female, Hurghada, 9-12 November 
1993. First record for Egypt and the Middle 
East. GDriessens. 
Menetries' Warbler Sylvia mystacea two 
males, Wadi Hagul, west of Saq, 27 
November 1993. T Gullick. 
Red Avadavat Arnandava amandava pair, 
Luxor, 3 December 1993. Southerly range 
extension. T Gullick. 
Siskin Carduelis spinus two males and one 
female, 90km west of Saf aga, 30 November 
1993. Unusually far south, scarce winter 
visitor. T Gidlick. 
November-January (exact dates 
unavailable); eight Jezrael Valley, north 
Israel, December-January (exact dates 
unavailable). Fourth and fifth records. H 
Shirihai. 
Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata 384, 
INRA western Negev count, November. 
B Shai. 
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuaris two, 
Ma'agan Mikhael, all winter. H Shirihai. 
Sociable Plover Chettusia gregaria 32, Ufrim, 
western Negev, 9 November. B Shai. 
Great Black-headed Gull Lams ichythaetus 
at least 1000, Bet She'an valley, all winter. 
H Shirihai. 
Striated Scops Owl Otus brucei one or two, 
Eilat, December. BdeLang}ie,ASc}iaftenaar. 
White-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis 
one, Eilat, 20 October. Third or fourth 
record. A Howes. 
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Meropssuperciliosus 
three, Eilat, 6 December. Unusual date. B 
de Langhe. 
Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltonensis one, 
Eilat, late October (exact dates 
unavailable). First record. A Howes. 
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe 
xanthoprymna one, En Netaphim, 21 
November. B Sliai. 
Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis 
trapped, Niv David, 18 June (Birding World 
7:35). Seventh record (that previously 
reported as first was sixth record cf . OSME 
Bull 31:42). 
ISRAEL 
Bewick's Swan Cynus columbianus three, 
Hola Valley, north Israel, January (exact 
dates uncertain). Per H Shirihai. 
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser 
erythropus six (latterly two), Eilat, 23 
Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata one (of 
the race rama), Eilat, January (exact dates 
unavailable). Eleventh record. H Shirihai. 
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 
one, Eilat, late October (exact dates 
unavailable). B Sfiai. 
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