Sandgrouse is published by OSME. Scans of vols 1–33 plus the three supplements are on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website www.biodiversitylibrary.org as is the entire OSME Bulletin (search Bulletin/Ornithological…).

• Index by bird species - arranged in taxonomic order
• Index by authors - arranged alphabetically by surnames
• Index by location - arranged alphabetically by countries/regions
• Index by volumes - arranged in chronological order

The current issue of Sandgrouse is volume 39 (1) Spring 2017

Cover photo: Singing Bush Lark Mirafra cantillans, Salalah, Oman, 2 May 2013. © Hanne & Jens Eriksen

2	Understanding hunters’ habits and motivations for shooting raptors in the Batumi raptor-migration bottleneck, southwest Georgia.
	Anna Sandor, Johannes Jansen & Wouter M Vansteelant
16	First record of nominate Common Buzzard Buteo b. buteo for Jordan.
	Fares Khoury & Roberto Massis
18	Another inland Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis record for western Iran.
	Jafar Gholami, Ali Turk Qashqaei, Elham Sharifi & Saeid Gholami
20	The first Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus for Oman.
	Jens Eriksen, Hanne Eriksen, Manal Al-Kindy & Jeff Hayes
23	Recent records of Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus further north in Iran and an apparent breeding colony in Tehran province.
	Mohammad Tohidifar & Abolghasem Khaleghiza
26	Evidence of Eurasian Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus breeding in Lebanon.
	Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, Fouad Itani & Assad Serhal
30	Movements of Lesser Crested Thalasseus bengalensis and Bridled Terns Onychoprion anaethetus bred in the Arabian gulf, based on ringing recoveries.
	Brendan Kavanagh, Jem Babbington & Nicole Proven
39	High day count of migrating Steppe Eagles Aquila nipalensis in Suez, Egypt, March 1985.
	K Steiof, A Bräunlich, C Handke, O Jahn & W Schreck
42	Recent records and indications of breeding of Black-shouldered Kites Elanus caeruleus in Jordan.
	Fares Khoury, Roberto Massis & Gerd Wichmann
45	A breeding record of Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus at a Caspian coastal area, Iran.
	Abbas Ashoori & Hitoshi Watanabe
48	Further breeding records of Black Stork Ciconia nigra in Iran.
	Ali Turk Qashqaei & 15 others
53	On the diet of Little Owl Athene noctua from Al Reem biosphere reserve in Qatar, with the first record of Pygmy Gerbil Gerbillus henleyi for Qatar.
	Mohammad A Abu Baker & Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
61	Spring migration of soaring birds over the highlands of southwest Jordan: flight patterns and possible implications for wind farm developments.
	Fares Khoury
68	Breeding range extension of Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti in Uzbekistan.
	David A Showler
69	First Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta record and first breeding observations of Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta, for Iraq.
	Korsh Ararat & Mariwan Rahim
72	Review of the status of Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata in Cyprus, and evidence of its dispersal and migration.
	Colin Richardson
77	Photospot: Singing Bush Lark Mirafra cantillans.
	Hanne & Jens Erikse
81	From the Rarities Committees.
	Ian Harrison (compiler)
88	Corrigendum.
89	Letter to the Editor.
90	Obituary: Luc Hoffmann.
91	Letter from the Chairman: OSME in 2016.
93	Around the Region.
	Ian Harrison (compiler)