Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius 
longicaudus Ras Rassas, Masirah, 
4 November 1993. Third record. 
/ Bryan. 
Hume's Tawny Owl Strix hutleri 
Jebel Samhan, 31 January; two, 
Wadi Shuwaymirali, 14 March. 
Second and third records (first 
record was two at Wadi Ayun, 8 
- 12 October 1977). 
M R Brown et al. 
Long-eared Owl Asio otus Hilf, 
Masirah, 27 January - 8 March. 
Third record. / Bryan, C M 
Greaves. 
Little Swift Apus afftnis Khawr 
Rouri, 18 November 1993. Eighth 
record. A Blomdahl et al. 
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 
Dibbah, 16 May & 3 August 1991. 
Second and third records. R P 
Morris, R Digby. 
Short-toed Lark Calandrella 
hrachydactyla female at nest with 
three eggs. Sun Farms, Sohar, 5 
May. First confirmed breeding. 
Observer not given. 
Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius 
ampelinus female or imm., 
Montasar, 15 November 1993. 
Fifth record. A Blomdahl et al. 
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe 
finschii Fossil Valley, 16 March 
1993. Second record. C 
Richardson, D Mitchell. 
Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus 
Sayh, 30 April; adult male. Sultan 
Qaboos University campus, 3-4 
May. Second and third records. 
H&JEriksen, CHFry,EHirschfeld. 
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach 
Sultan Qaboos University 
campus, 21 January - 3 February. 
Fourth record. AM&H With 
Jensen, H&J Eriksen. 
Siskin Carduelis spinus two, 
Montasar, 16 November 1993; 
four, Dauka, 16 November 1993 
and six, 26 January. Second to 
fourth records (cf . Saudi Arabia 
and Qatar). A Blomdahl, H&J 
Eriksen. 
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza 
cineracea pair, Mahdah, 30 March 
1993; pair, Sayh, 12 April. First 
and second records. S Aspinall, E 
Moller, C Richardson. 
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza 
ceasia male, Hilf, Masirah, 23 - 27 
February. Firstrecord. JBryan,C 
M Greaves. 
QATAR 
Mallard Anas platyrynchos 400, 
Dhakira mangroves, 14 January. 
Previous maximum count was 
30. B&H Nation etal. 
Red-wattled Lapwing Hoploptenis 
indicus Dhakira mangroves, 1 & 
7 January. Second record, 
previous was in February 1983. 
B&H Nation. 
Sociable Plover Chettusia gregaria 
Mukainas Farm Lake, 4-26 
November 1985. Third record, 
previous records in 1981 and 
1985. A Hooper, C Kermode, B&H 
Nation. 
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