Houbara Chlamydotis undulata 
Ras El Nabq, 29 October. Rare win- 
ter visitor. W Salama. 
Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus 
adult and immature, Sheikh 
Zeweid, 27 December. Second 
record for Northern Sinai. Also 8, 
Lake Qarun, 20 January 1995; 17, 
Wadi el Rayan, 27 & 28 January 
1995; 22, Lake Nasser, 31 January to 
3 February 1995. M&S Baha el Din, 
R Hoath, M Evans. 
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 
Zaranik Protected Area, North 
Sinai, 11 October. A Grieve, M Baha 
el Din. 
Scops Owl Of ms scops 
Quseima, 9 October. 
Hume's Tawny Owl Strix butleri 
pair, Wadi Mukattab, 25 November. 
A new location for the species. S 
Baha el Din. 
Audouin's Gull Lams audouinii 
adult, Port Said, 20 September. Rare 
passage migrant. A Grieve, M Baha el 
Din. 
Armenian Gull Larus (argentaius) armenicus 
many wintering North Sinai coast, 
December & January 1995. S &M 
Baha el Din, L Fishpool, W Salama. 
Stock Dove Columba oenas 
Zaranik Protected Area, 26 
December; several flocks totalling 
over 100, Wadi El Arish, 16 January 
1995. Rare winter visitor. S & M 
Baha el Din, W Salama, L Fishpool. 
African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 
seven, Abu Simbel, 30 January 1995; 
eight, Abu Simbel, 3 February 1995. 
Presumed resident. 
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 
Rafah, 18 September. Rare breeding 
resident. M Baha el Din, A Grieve. 
Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni 
three Wadi Gerafi, 21 December. 
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti 
small numbers on the road to Siwa 
(52 km south of Marsa Matruh) 2 
October; one heard 35 km east of 
Matruh, 3 October. 
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 
Sharm El Sheikh, 14 and 25 October. 
F Wong. 
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