. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. corded, flying rapidly through the trees. On 13 th August two Houbara Bustards, two Ravens—the first of the summer, and *\ 10 Crested Larks were seen in the wadi. Autumn migration In 1966, two months after the last spring passage migrant was seen, the first of the autumn passage migrants appeared. On 19th July Long-legged Buzzards were seen in two areas in the Jebel Aswad region. One of the birds was disturbed from a freshly killed hare. A Spotted Flycatcher appeared at the Jebel Aswad camp on 29th July. The few records in July 1967 from the Umm
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. corded, flying rapidly through the trees. On 13 th August two Houbara Bustards, two Ravens—the first of the summer, and *\ 10 Crested Larks were seen in the wadi. Autumn migration In 1966, two months after the last spring passage migrant was seen, the first of the autumn passage migrants appeared. On 19th July Long-legged Buzzards were seen in two areas in the Jebel Aswad region. One of the birds was disturbed from a freshly killed hare. A Spotted Flycatcher appeared at the Jebel Aswad camp on 29th July. The few records in July 1967 from the Umm as Samim area confirmed that the first autumn migrants begin appear- ing towards the end of July. The August 1967 records suggested that only a trickle of migrants was passing through at that time. Leave in August and September 1966 and my departure from Oman in mid-August 1967 resulted in an unfortunate gap in observations. All other autumn passage records are for October onwards, 1966. The variety of species encountered in October 1966 was quite surprising, although the visible migrants were in no great numbers. At the Wadi Zibra camp a Spotted Flycatcher was present from ist-3rd October, accompanied by a Swallow on the 2nd and a Wheatear on the 3rd. From 3rd~3oth October all observations were made in and around a camp situated near Wadi Biladi between the Wadis Aswad and al Ayn, towards the edge of the Empty Quarter. The surroundings were desolate gravel plains with scant vegetation, except in the major wadis about 15 miles away. The. Sk*Tcn Map or /A/rf«;o« Oi^Ar 5*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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