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OSME NEWS |
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REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION |
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NEWS AND INFORMATION
compiled by DAWN BALMER & GUY M. KIRWAN |
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PAPERS AND NOTES |
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A long-term bird survey in the central Syrian desert
(2000-2004): Part 1-
G. SERRA, M.S. ABDALLAH,
A.K. ASSAED, G. AL QAIM,
, A.K. ABDALLAH |
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Distribution and habitat associations of selected
breeding birds in Wadi Araba, Jordan M. AL-SHAMLIH,
K. NASSAR & F. KHOURY
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Will the real Sykes's Warbler please stand up? Breeding data support
specific status for Hippolais rama and H. caligata, with comments on the
Arabian population of 'booted warbler' P. CASTELL & G. M. KIRWAN |
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Observations from Syria with notes on 11 new breeding
species D. MURDOCH |
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Azerbaijan: a miscellany of recent bird observations
(Status and occurrence of selected visiting species and amending known breeding
ranges) S. ASPINALL |
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The breeding avifauna of the Umm Al-Qamari Islands
protected area,
Saudi Arabia S. OSTROWSKI, M. SHOBRAK, A. AL-BOUG, A. KHOJA
& E. BEDIN |
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Bird observations from Iran in February–March
2001, including a new species for the Middle East T. ROTH, R. AYE, R. BURRI
& M. SCHWEIZER |
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Ornithological observations from Lebanon during
2003–4 G. RAMADAN-JARADI,
S. P. WATERBURY & M. RAMADAN-JARADI |
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First records of Yellow-throated Sparrow Petronia
(Gymnoris)
xanthocollis from Syria D. MURDOCH |
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The first American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
in Oman and Arabia
A. GRIEVE, B. J. N. HILL, P. A. LASSEY & D. I. M. WALLACE |
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Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni - a
first record for Syria G. SERRA |
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Phenology of Common Swift Apus apus in
the Middle East - Tehran, Iran
A. KHALEGHIZADEH |
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Phenology and Behaviour of the Common Swift Apus
apus in Israel (Holy Birds, or the Common Swifts Apus apus of
Jerusalem’s Western Wall) U. TIGGES & H. MENDELSSOHN
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REVIEWS & RECENT
LITERATURE |
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AROUND THE REGION
Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND
KEITH BETTON |
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