White-cheeked Bulbul 
Pycnonotiis leucotis adult, Eilat, 
20 October 1993; up to three, Eilat, 
14 March - April (exact dates 
unavailable). Fourth and fifth 
records. P de Knijff, H Shirihai et 
al. 
Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata 
rama Eilat, 3 December - 7 April. 
All previous records (c. eight) 
relate to passage birds . H Shirihai 
et al. 
Riipp ell's Warbler Sylvia 
rueppelli Be'er ^eva, 14 February. 
Earliest ever spring migrant. 
H Shirihai. 
Menetries Warbler Sylvia mystacea 
male, Eilat, 6 March. Very scarce 
migrant. HDufoumy. 
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia 
calliope maie, Eilat, 25 April. First 
record for Israel, but see recent 
claim in Egypt in November 1993 
(OSME Bull 32:44). M P Lawlor, 
M G Prince. 
Little Bunting Emheriza pusilla 
Parano, Arava Valley, 27 October 
1993. M P Lawlor, M G Prince. 
Yellow-breasted Bvmting 
Emheriza aureola female/ 
immature, Eilat, 1 November 
1993 (not October as previously 
stated; OSME Bu//.32:44). 
Observers were / Morgan, K 
Mullamey, G Wichers et al. 
JORDAN 
Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni 
three, Wadi Fidan, 16 May. R 
Hofland. 
Spectacled Warbler Sylvia 
conspicillata male, Ariha, 15 May; 
three males, one female, Wadi 
Dama, 17 May. R Hofland. 
Pale Rock Sparrow Carpospiza 
brachydactyla six, including two 
singing males and adult feeding 
two fledged young, Wadi Dama, 
18 May. R Hofland. 
KUWAIT 
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 
pair, Jahra Pool, 11 February at 
least. First record for the Arabian 
Peninsula. BK Wright. 
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