VOL. 5.2 October 1995 Contents
VOL. 5.2 October 1995 Contents
Editorial ... 4
[by A.R. Western]
Whale and dolphin research in the UAE ... 5
by Robert Baldwin
Abu Dhabi and the disappearing Dugong ... 7
by Robert Baldwin
Marine turtles of the UAE ... 9
by Robert Baldwin
Why the Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis should be protected
... 10
by Simon Aspinall
A checklist of Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from the Al Ain/Buraimi region
... 13
by Michael Gillett
An annotated list of butterflies recorded from the UAE, the Musandam Peninsula and the Buraimi/Al Mahdah region of Oman
... 16
by Michael Gillett
Mammals of the UAE mountains ... 20
by Chris and Tilde Stuart
Notes and Queries ... 22
Apsteiniella naviauxi Baroud 1977;
Defence mechanism of the darkling beetle;
Archaeological investigations in the Wadi Safad, Fujairah;
New moss records from Eastern Arabia;
Early Islamic site at Sweihan;
Sheikh Mubarak Prize;
A follow up on the Fujairah oil spill.
Obituary: J.N.B. Brown, R.A. (Bob) Richardson ... 27
Recorders' Reports ... 28
Archaeology;
Birds
Book Review ... 30
Corporate Members / Group Meetings ... 31
Obituary: J.N.B. Brown (in Arabic) ... 32 [Not included]
Editorial (in Arabic) ... 33 [Not included]
Contents (in Arabic) ... 34 [Not included]
Cover illustrations:
English: Bottle-nosed Dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Alex Smailes/Arabian Seas Expedition)
Arabic: Dugongs Dugong dugon (Alex Smailes/Arabian Seas Expedition)
ERRATA:
Page 18: Captions for upper right and lower left photographs are reversed.
Upper right is:
Female Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya here) at the flowers of Ochradenus
aucheri (Wadi Aboule, Oman, April 1994).
Lower left is:
Female Plain Tiger (Danaus chrisippus chrysippus) feeding on nectar of
Ochradenus aucheri (Wadi Aboule, Oman, April 1994).
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