Editorial 
With your support, OSME continues to expand and to exert a greater 
influence on conservation in the Middle East; and the activities of the 
Society continue to grow. In this Bulletin, for example, we announce 
OSME's first meeting outside Britain, which is to be held in The Nether- 
lands this autumn. As our Secretary reported from the ICBP conference 
in Adana, Turkey, in Bulletin 23, OSME's importance is recognised 
internationally, and the benefits of OSME's initiatives in the Middle 
East continue to be felt (see 'News and Information'). 
To reflect this growing influence. Council felt that OSME's image should 
be made more professional. After much deliberation. Council has de- 
cided on a whole new corporate identity for the Society. The result is a 
new logo, letterheads and a new look for the OSME publications. This 
Bulletin is one result, and, from volume 12, Sandgrouse will also be 
upgraded and issued in two parts each year. 
We hope you like the new publications. Among the most significant 
improvements for the Bulletin is that we can now use photographs as 
well as line-drawings. Photographs should be submitted only as prints, 
preferably black and white (but the two photographs by C Tucker in- 
cluded in this Bulletin were taken from colour prints), and can be 
included in any section. 
This Bulletin has been typeset, rather than typewritten. Each article now 
takes up less space than it would previously have done, and so we are 
now able to include more material in each Bulletin without adding to 
our postal costs. To ensure the success of this new-look Bulletin, we 
would appeal to anyone who is considering submitting articles to do so. 
The more material we have, the better it will be for everyone. 
Finally, we should like to thank all authors and artists for their submis- 
sions to the Bulletin over the years, and we should like to acknowledge 
the help of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the produc- 
tion of past OSME Bulletins. 
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