Kasparek, M. (1994). Marine Turtle Conservation in the Mediterranean - 
Marine Turtles in Syria, Survey of the Syrian coast. MED ASSET, London. 
This report details the findings of a survey of the entire 193km length of 
the Syrian coast in June 1991 by the Mediterranean Association to Save 
the Sea Turtles (MED ASSET) and highlights the conservation problems 
facing turtles in the area. No details of price or availability are given but 
MEDASSET can be contacted at c/o Daphne Corporation, 24 Park 
Towers, 2 Brick Street, London WIY 7DF, U.K. or 1(c) Licavitou Street, 
10672 Athens, Greece. 
Mansoori, J. (1994). The Hamoun Wildlife Refuge. Kasparek Verlag, 
Heidelberg. This refuge protects the Iranian part of a freshv^ater system 
shared between Iran and Afghanistan. This booklet summarises various 
aspects of its natural and human ecology, documents some threats and, 
of particular interest, gives a bird checklist (187 spp.) and some mid- 
winter counts (including, most spectacularly, 694047 unidentified 
Anatidae in 1973, 89550 Coot in 1984, and 19589 Teal in 1993). 
Meininger, P. L. & Atta, G. A. M. (eds) (1994). Ornithological Studies in 
Egyptian Wetlands 1989/90. FORE-report 94-01, WlWO-report 40, 
Vlissingen/Zeist. This volume of 402 pages comprises 21 papers on 
Egyptian wetlands and their birds based on observations from December 
1989 to June 1990; there are also notes on other fauna. As well as vdldf owl, 
wader, and migrating bird of prey counts, there are also single-species 
studies, wetland portraits, and (significantly) an accoimt of the hunting 
and exploitation of 37 species from Great-crested Grebe to Avocet and 
House Sparrow. An abbreviated version of the report is available in 
Arabic free from P. L. Meininger, Lisztlaan 5, NL-4384 KM, Vlissingen, 
The Netherlands. The full version costs 35 Df (+15 Df administration 
costs) from WIWO address (see above). 
Oman Bird Records Committee (1994). Oman Bird List. 4th edition. 
Privately printed, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Knowledge of Oman's 
birds continues to grow apace: 432 species are listed here, with brief 
accounts of their status, whilst a further two were accepted by the 
Records Committee whilst the List was in press. When, where and by 
whom will Jouanin's Petrel be proved to breed? 
Tarrant, L B. (no date). Bird Observations in Saudi Arabia and the UAE 
1992-1993. Privately published typescript and video. The 14 page report 
focuses mainly on the 200+ species seen round Riyadh from March 1992- 
October 1993. For each species, status is discussed briefly. There are few 
references to previous work in the area. 
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