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Part 1 Eastern province: landscape; Dalma Sands and Rub' Al-Khali; Summan Plateau; Jabal region; coastal plain; gravel plains; coastal sands and the Jafurah; coast and islands; inland waters. Part 2 Climate and vegetation. Part 3 The origins of eastern province birds: pre-history - Miocene to Pleistocene; post-Pleistocene changes. Part 4 Faunal sub-divisions: arid country faunas; the Arabian Gulf - marine, gulf land, palearctic, oriental and generally distributed birds; man-modified habitats - fresh water, cultivation and garden birds. Part 5 Birds and biotopes: adaptions to aridity - temperature, water loss and plumage control, nomadism; migration - African and Indian migrants, accidentals; habitat and birds. Part 6 Man and birds in the eastern province: bird-hunting, egg-harvesting and falconry; some changes and effects of present activities. Systematic list of species. Appendices: list of species and their status; passage migrants in the eastern province; geographical co-ordinates; rainfall, humidity and temperature.