In Egypt and Tunisia, attempts will be made to ring and colour-mark 
large numbers of waders. The marks will include a colour dye on the rear 
of the underparts and on the rump and wing in combination with a 
coloured tape around the metal ring (above tarsus). The colour dye 
indicates the country of marking: (orange-) yellow for Egypt and 
(pinkish) red for Tunisia. The leg-flag will indicate the date of marking. 
Anyone observing colour-marked waders with one of these combinations 
of colour marks is requested to send details (preferably in English, 
German or French) of the observation to: WIWO, c/o Driebergseweg 
16c, 3708 JB Zeist, The Netherlands. 
Details should include date, locality, species, position (rear/ front) and 
colour of dye and tape (leg-flag left or right leg), and preferably also 
flock size, behaviour, and accompanjdng species. Do not forget to 
include your own address. Contributors will receive details of the 
locality and date of ringing and will be acknowledged in future 
publications. 
Conservation research 
Chris Bowden 
What is the Conservation Research Committee and what 
does it do? 
Most OSME council members regularly attend Conservation Research 
sub-committee (CRC) meetings, and tfds reflects the high importance 
and interest that we place on CRC activities. But its role within the 
society may be unclear to OSME members. 
Since I have been chairman, the main emphasis has been on initiating 
and promoting potential OSME-organised projects/expeditions. 
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