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 (2) Autumn 1996
Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis, male in Oman taken by Conrad Greaves.
| 2 | OSME NEWS |
| 5 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| 9 | REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION |
| 10 | Middle East Birding and Conservation Organisations |
| R. F. PORTER AND E. WARR | |
| 14 | Observations on breeding Ruppell’s Weaver Ploceus galbula in the Republic of Yemen. |
| DR. M. M. AL-SAFADI | |
| 19 | The birds of Barr Al Hikman, Sultanate of Oman |
| J. ERIKSEN | |
| 30 | PROFILE Nergis Yazg-an |
| J. F.ENTON | |
| 33 | PHOTOSPOT Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus |
| I. J. ANDREWS | |
| 36 | Preliminary data on raptor passage in Jordan |
| I. J. ANDREWS | |
| 46 | A baseline survey of White Storks Ciconia ciconia in central Turkey |
| S. J. PAGE. P. COLLIN, S. SILK, J. WILBRAHAM, N. P. WILLIAMS AND M. YARAR | |
| 52 | Observations on the avifauna of the Azraq wetland, Jordan, June 1995 |
| F. KHOURY | |
| 58 | A short breeding bird survey of Kulu Gölü, Central Anatolia, Turkey in May 1995 |
| S. KIRAÇ AND C. KIRAÇ | |
| 61 | Did Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos formerly breed in Jordan? |
| M. I. EVANS AND S. AL-MASHAQBAH | |
| 62 | Long-eared Owl Asio otus breeding in north-west Syria |
| G. R. MANNERS AND J. DIEKMANN | |
| 63 | The first Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii in Egypt and the Western Palearctic |
| A. ROSIER | |
| 64 | The first Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris in Jordan |
| M. I. EVANS | |
| 65 | Winter status and distribution of Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris in Turkey |
| R. & S. UHLIG, G. M. KIRWAN AND Y. SANCAR BARIß | |
| 66 | Records of Booted Warbler Hippolias caligata in north-eastern Turkey |
| V. DIERSCHKE, F. STÜHMER AND T. STÜHMER | |
| 67 | Additional information on breeding biology of Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes |
| P. CASTELL | |
| 68 | Description of the nestlings of Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum |
| P. CASTELL | |
| 68 | Additional information on Ménétries’s Warbler Sylvia mystacea breeding biology in south-east Turkey |
| P. CASTELL | |
| 69 | The first Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos in Jordan |
| C. MINSHULL | |
| 70 | A new specimen record of Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica from Turkey |
| G. M. KIRWAN | |
| 71 | Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala breeding behaviour in Turkey |
| P. CASTELL | |
| 72 | 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 |