Mystery photographs

01 March 1989
Comments Main paper The shape of last month's mystery bird (plates 46 & 70) suggests either a chat or a small thrush. None of the warblers shows the combination of long legs, long tail, bland head pattern and stout bill; and the pot-bellied look is so typical of chats...
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Identification of Arabian Warbler

01 March 1989
Comments Main paper The Arabian Warbler Sylvia leucomelaena was originally placed in the genus Parisoma. Meinertzhagen (1949), Williamson (1960) and others placed it in the genus Sylvia owing to its morphological similarities to this genus. Afik (1984) was convinced that ...
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