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Kama ran 
The largest and only permanently inhabited island in the area, formerly 
part of the PDRY, now administered by the YAR. Much of the island is dead 
coral but enough vegetation exists to support a sizeable herd of camels; 
no Arabian Gazelles Gazella gazella were seen but a single horn was 
found. 
Montrose, Llanddeiniol , Llanrhystyd, Dyfed SY23 5 AH , Great Britain. 
FIRST BREEDING RECORDS OF SPARROWHAWK IN ISRAEL 
Ron Frumkin and Menahem Adar 
Until recently, the Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus was known only as a 
migrant and wintering species in Israel (Paz 1987). Although a few 
individuals were occasionally seen during the months of June and August, 
it had been assumed that they were either late or early migrants. The 
nearest breeding sites are in Turkey and, possibly, northwestern Syria 
(Cramp & Simmons 1980). 
In late July 1988, M.A. heard begging calls of young Sparrowhawks which 
were flying around in a pine forest in the southeastern corner of Mount 
Carmel. The fledglings were still there a week later (4/8/1988), when 
their calls were recorded on tape. 
In the following summer (2-8/7/1989), we returned to the same site and 
heard the calls of three or four fledglings. The Sparrowhawks were seen 
flying around, chasing each other and the hen that brought avian prey. We 
soon found the nest which was covered with down feathers and contained the 
remains of a freshly killed bird. At a distance of 50 m, we found an 
older Spar rowhawk' s nest which was probably the one used in the previous 
year. Both nests were in Cyprus Pines Pinus brutia of 15 and 17 m height, 
and located at 12 and 14 m above the ground. 
