Little Green Bee-eater Merops 
orientalis race cyanophyrs breeding 
at two localities in South Sinai, at 
Taba and junction of Taba-Naqab 
road, 24 May. First confirmed 
breeding of this race, per S & M 
Baha el Din. 
Savi's Warbler Locustella 
luscinoides Al Alamein, 20 March. 
S & M Baha el Din. 
Moustached YfAtblerAcrocephalus 
melanopogon six, Al Alamein, 13 - 
14 March. Probably 
overwintered there. S & M Baha 
el Din. 
Siskin Carduelis spinus two, Sidi 
Rahman, 20 March. S&M Baha el 
Din. 
Duponf s Lark Chersuphilus 
dupontii eight, including young, 
near Marsah Matruh, 15 - 16 
March. S&M Baha el Din. 
Thekla Lark Galerida theklae three 
displaying males, near Salum, 15 
March. S&M Baha el Din. 
Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe 
moesta pair, near Hamma, 13 
March. S&M Baha el Din. 
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Sidi 
Rahman, 20 March. S &MBaha el 
Din 
ISRAEL 
Little She^rwAter Puffinusassimilis 
Eilat record, 18 - 21 July 1992 
(cWSME Bm//.29:39), is not 
considered now to be this species, 
but as similar to other small (and 
unidentified) shearwaters seen in 
the southern Indian Ocean (see 
Berruti 1990) and may relate to 
an undescribed taxon (Shirhai 
and Sinclair 1994). 
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax 
socotranus immature reported, 
Eilat, 22 April. Potentially first 
record, per M P Lawlor, M G 
Prince. 
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