possible. Any other details, such as geographical restriction of use or 
associated folklore, would also be welcome. An example might be: 
aakwadi; Red-breasted Wheatear; Risabah, Y.A.R; used by a local 
farmer. 
Please send any information to Mike Evans, OSME, c/o The Lodge, 
Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK. 
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Library Report 
Recent items received in the library include the following, which may not have 
come to the attention of all members. 
Boye, P. (1989) Report on the bird species recorded diuring a visit to 
Cyprus - no. 1, 20 March to 10 April 1987; no. 2, 9 April to 21 May 1988. 
Two privately produced reports detailing all observations made on the island 
during the periods specified, whilst the author was carrying out a vertebrate 
survey. Copies are available from the author at Weberstrasse 87, D-5300 Bonn 1, 
West Germany. Also, Peter Boye would appreciate any bat observations which 
members may have for Cyprus. 
Dubai Natural History Group (1989) The Gazelle vol 4/no. 12 
This edition of the Group's monthly newsletter contains three ornithological 
articles. The first details the first half of a three-day September 'Bird Bash' by 
John Bannon and Colin Richardson around the Emirates 'top' birding spots; 
there is a disturbing report on poisoned gulls in the Emirates - analysis showing 
that birds have been affected by both botulism and high concentrations of DDE; 
and a description by John Bannon of the first UAE record of White-throated Bee- 
eater Merops albicollis. The DNHG can be contacted at PO Box 9292, Dubai, 
United Arab Emirates. 
Fouda, M M & Baha El Din, S. (1989) Courser 2 
The year 1989 saw the welcome appearance of this volume of the journal of the 
Ornithological Society of Egypt {Courser 1 was published in 1984). The main 
papers cover raptor migration; the ornithology of the Western Desert; the 
discovery of Arabian Warblers Sylvia leucomelaena in southeast Egypt; the first of 
two articles on Birding spots in Egypt; an account of the Bardawil and Gebel Elba 
National Parks; and the status in 1988 of birds on the Red Sea islands off 
Hurghada. All articles contain an Arabic summary. All OSME members with an 
interest in Egypt should seriously consider joining OSE (annual subscription 
$10.00) and should certainly submit copies of any observations. Further details 
of OSE and Courser are available from Dr Moustafa M Fouda, Department of Zo- 
ology, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. 
Gallagher, M J. (1990) Oman Bird News 7 - Winter 1989 
This, the latest in the regular series of publications prepared by the Oman Bird 
Group, contains an interesting range of papers: two on observations from the 
UAE East Coast (new breeding records and Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters Merops 
siiperciliosus); status and identification of the Eastern Pied Wheatear Oenanthe 
picata; Ring-necked Parakeets Psittacula krameri in Saudi Arabia; results of an or- 
nithological survey along the Oman/ UAE border; a note on the House Crow in 
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