Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 
three, Wadi El Arish, 9 October- 
two, Abu Simbel, 30 January to 3 • 
February 1995. 
Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca 
two, 10th of Ramadan, 23 October; 
five, Abu Simbel, 30 January to 3 
February 1995. M&S Baha el Din, F 
Wong. 
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii 
female, El Arish, 28 December and 
16 January 1995. Rare winter visitor. 
S&M Baha el Din, L Fishpool, W 
Salama. 
Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta 
two males, El Omayed Protected 
Area, near El Alamein, the only area 
from which the species is now 
recorded. 
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 
Sidi Abd El Rahman Hotel, El 
Alamein, 4 October. Former 
vagrant, now considered a rare win- 
ter visitor. 
Desert Warbler Sylvia nana 
two, Wadi Mukattab and two near 
Sarabit el Khadim, 25 November- 
three, Wadi Gerafi, 21 December; 
three, 45km southwest of El Arish, 
17 January 1995. Rare winter visitor. 
S&M Baha el Din, W Salama, I 
Fishpool. 
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 
Taba, 20 December. First winter 
record. 
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 
10th of Ramadan, 19 October. 
Second known record for Eastern 
Desert. S&M Baha el Din, S Eccles. 
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus 
male, Abu Simbel, 3 February 1995. 
First known record since 1984. 
Steppe Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor pallidrostris 
Wadi Gerafi, 21 December 1994. 
Third record. 
Scarlet Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 
juvenile, El Arish, 11 October. A 
Grieve, M Baha el Din. 
House Bunting Emberiza striolata 
over six, Taba, 16 October. 
Uncommon south Sinai resident. S 
Eccles, M Baha el Din, A Grieve. 
ISRAEL 
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon adherens 
Eilat North Beach, 19 December. 
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 
two, Gonen fishponds, north of 
Hula, 28 March. Presumed same as 
those previously reported (OSME 
Bull.33). Dr D Hummel. 
Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus 
Eilat, 14 May. First record for Israel 
and the Western Palearctic (cf. 
Shirihai 1994). H Shirihai. 
White-eyed Gull Larus leucopthalmus 
four, Eilat, 29 November-5 
December. H R Harrop. 
Striated Scops Owl Otus brucei 
Eilat, 29 November-5 December at 
least. Regular at this locality in win- 
ter, during past three years. H R 
Harrop. 
African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 
Eilat, 27 September. H Shirihai. 
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