Sandgrouse is published by OSME and contains papers and short notes on the ornithology of the OSME region, provides bird and conservation news from the region and a comprehensive round up of bird sightings in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Sandgrouse Volume 19 (1) Spring 1997
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor, Hawar Island, Bahrain taken by Dr. Mike Hill
| 2 | OSME NEWS |
| 3 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| 7 | REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION |
| 8 | Observations of Dunn’s Larks Eremalauda dunni in the Ramlat al-Sab’atayn, Republic of Yemen |
| C. D. R. HEARD AND GUY M. KIRWAN, on behalf of the OSME SOUTH YEMEN EXPEDITION | |
| 12 | Birding in the Göksu Delta, south Turkey |
| HILARY WELCH | |
| 16 | PROFILE Major Michael Gallagher MBE |
| DEREK HARVEY | |
| 18 | PHOTOSPOT White-eyed and Sooty Gulls on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia |
| DR. GRAHAM R. LOBLEY | |
| 22 | The birds of the islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez, Egyptian Red Sea |
| RICHARD HOATH, DR. DEREK RUSSELL, RAFIK KHALIL AND DINA KHALIL | |
| 30 | A list of bird specimens held in the Robert’s College, Bebek (Istanbul, Turkey) collection, with some comments on Mathey-Dupraz (1920-24) |
| GUY M. KIRWAN | |
| 39 | Five new bird species in Bahrain |
| MICHAL SKAKUJ AND TADEUSZ STAWARCZYK | |
| 45 | Breeding birds of the Taurus foothills bordering the Göksu Delta, south Turkey |
| JAN VAN DER WINDEN AND VINCENT VAN DEN BERK | |
| 51 | Preliminary observations of the incubation and covey behaviour of Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii |
| FRÉDÉRIC LAUNAY, RONALD A. LOUGHLAND AND ELENA MUKHINA | |
| 56 | Birds new to Qatar |
| BOB NATION, HELEN NATION AND ANDREW HOOPER | |
| 63 | The second-calendar year plumage of Crab Plover Dromas ardeola |
| MICHAL SKAKUJ, ERIK HIRSCHFELD, JAN LONTKOWSKI AND TADEUSZ STAWARCZYK | |
| 65 | Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis colonisation of Kuwait |
| C. W. T. PILCHER, W. A. STUART AND S. T. SPENCER | |
| 68 | The first Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus in Jordan |
| FARES KHOURY | |
| 68 | New information on the breeding biology of Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia |
| PETER CASTELL | |
| 70 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 76 | AROUND THE REGION |
| P. DAVIDSON AND G. M. KIRWAN |
| Editor: | Guy M. Kirwan |
| Features Editor | Derek Harvey |
| Assistant Editor | Ian J. Andrews |
| Editorial Committee | Duncan J. Brooks, Mike Evans, Ben Hoare, Mike Jennings, Rodney Martins & Dr Stephen Newton |
| Photographic Editor | Paul Doherty |
| Design & Production | Harry I. Scott |
| Identification Consultants | C. G. Bradshaw, Arnoud B. den Berg & Steve Madge |