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 18 (1) Spring 1996
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles excustus , female at Yalooni, Oman taken by Hanne & Jens Eriksen.
| 2 | OSME NEWS |
| 3 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| 8 | REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION |
| 10 | Observations on Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis in Jerusalem |
| DR ADY GANCZ | |
| 14 | The Zaranik Experience |
| WAHEED SALAMA AND ANDREW GRIEVE | |
| 18 | PHOTOSPOT Philby’s and Arabian Partridges |
| Rodney Martins and Guy Kirwan | |
| 22 | PROFILE Dr. Abdulaziz H. Abuzinada |
| S. Fazi | |
| 24 | The birds of Thumamah, Central Province, Saudi Arabia |
| FRANK RIETKERK AND TIM WACHER | |
| 53 | Notes on the coastal birds of Libya, July 1993 |
| PETER L. MEININGER, PIM A.WOLF, DAU A. HADOUD AND MOHAMED F.A. ESSGHAIER | |
| 61 | Spring raptor movements at Gebel el Zeit, Egypt |
| ANDREW GRIEVE | |
| 64 | The first Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum in Egypt |
| MINDY AND SHERIF BAHA EL DIN | |
| 66 | The first Woodlark Lullula arborea in Saudi Arabia |
| BRIAN S. MEADOWS AND PETER SYMENS | |
| 68 | The first White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga in Turkey |
| ALBERTO SORACE | |
| 69 | The first Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus in Egypt |
| MINDY BAHA EL DIN | |
| 70 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 76 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by pete davidson and Guy Kirwan |
| Editor: | Guy M. Kirwan |
| Features Editor | Derek Harvey |
| Assistant Editor | Ian J. Andrews |
| Editorial Committee | Mike Evans, Mike Jennings, Rodney Martins & Dr Stephen Newton |
| Photographic Editor | Paul Doherty |
| Design & Production | Harry I. Scott |
| Identification Consultants | Arnoud B. den Berg & Steve Madge |