Contents
A New Species of Rail from the Solomon Islands and Convergent Evolution of Insular Flightlessness
Jared Diamond
A Phylogenetic Analysis and Classification of Recent Dabbling Ducks (tribe Anatini) Based on Comparative Morphology
Bradley C. Livezey
100 Years Ago in the Auk
The Auk
An Experimental Test of the Brood-reduction Hypothesis in European Starlings
Philip C. Stouffer and Harry W. Power
Egg Composition of American Coots in Relation to Habitat, Year, Laying Date, Clutch Size, and Supplemental Feeding
Todd W. Arnold, Ray T. Alisauskas, and C. Davison Ankney
Effects of Hatching Order, Sibling Asymmetries, and Nest Site on Survival Analysis of Jackass Penguin Chicks
Philip J. Seddon and Yolanda Van Heezik
Fat Reserves of an Opportunist and of a Specialist Species in the Negev Desert
Yehoshua Shkedy and Uriel N. Safriel
Anatomical Adaptation of the Gut to Diet in Red-winged Blackbirds (agelaius Phoeniceus)
Kristin E. Brugger
Duckling Mortality in Barrow's Goldeneye and Bufflehead Broods
Jean-Pierre L. Savard, G. E. John Smith, and J. N. M. Smith
Mitochondrial Dna Variation and the Phylogeny of Zonotrichia
Robert M. Zink, Donna L. Dittmann, and William L. Rootes
Affinities of the Hawaiian Goose Based on Two Types of Mitochondrial Dna Data
Thomas W. Quinn, Gerald F. Shields, and Allan C. Wilson
Noninvasive Determination of Embryonic Heart Rate during Hatching in the Brown Noddy (anous Stolidus)
Hiroshi Tazawa, Osamu Kuroda, and G. Causey Whittow
Allozyme Variation among Breeding Populations of Red-winged Blackbirds: the California Conundrum
Thomas A. Gavin, Ronald A. Howard, and Bernie May
Notes and News
The Auk
Winter Microclimate of Bald Eagle Roosts on the Northern Chesapeake Bay
David A. Buehler, Timothy J. Mersmann, James D. Fraser, and Janis K. D. Seegar
Plasma Luteinizing Hormone, Steroid Hormones, Behavioral Role, and Nest Stage in Cooperatively Breeding Harris' Hawks (parabuteo Unicinctus)
Nora A. Mays, Carol Masters Vleck, and James Dawson
Hormonal Correlates of Parental and Helping Behavior in Cooperatively Breeding Harris' Hawks (parabuteo Unicinctus)
Carol Masters Vleck, Nora A. Mays, James W. Dawson, and Arthur R. Goldsmith
Dominance Hierarchies and Helper Contributions in Harris' Hawks
James W. Dawson and R. William Mannan
The Role of Territoriality in the Social Organization of Harris' Hawks
James W. Dawson and R. William Mannan
Breeding Seasonality and Reproductive Success of White-fronted Bee-eaters in Kenya
Peter H. Wrege and Stephen T. Emlen
Genetic Evidence for Philopatry in a Colonially Nesting Seabird, the Fairy Prion (pachyptila Turtur)
J. R. Ovenden, A. Wust-Saucy, R. Bywater, N. Brothers, and R. W. G. White
Ptilochronology: a Critical Evaluation of Assumptions and Utility
Mary E. Murphy and James R. King
In Memoriam: Oscar T Owre, 1917-1990
James A. Kushlan
In Memoriam: Robert Daniel Etch
Christian Jouanin
In Memoriam: David Finley Balph, 1931-1990
Allen W. Stokes
In Memoriam: No
Christian Jouanin
In Memoriam: Augusto Ruschi, 1915-1986
Albert E. Conway
Thirty-eighth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds
The Auk
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk
Short Communications
The Volume of Stomach Oils Increases during Prefledging Weight Loss in Leach's Storm-petrel (oceanodroma Leucorhoa) Chicks
Allen R. Place, Paul Sievert, and Ronald G. Butler
Nutritional and Energetic Implications for Raptors Consuming Starving Prey
Rebecca L. Taylor, Stanley A. Temple, and David M. Bird
Short-term and Long-term Consequences of Predator Avoidance by Tree Swallows (tachycineta Bicolor)
Nathaniel T. Wheelwright and F. Blinn Dorsey
Habitat Occupancy by Bachman's Sparrow in the Francis Marion National Forest Before and After Hurricane Hugo
John B. Dunning Jr. and Bryan D. Watts
A Deficient Diet Narrows Growth Bars on Induced Feathers
Thomas C. Grubb Jr.
The Taxonomic Status of Myrmeciza Stictothorax (todd)
Thomas S. Schulenberg and Douglas F. Stotz
Commentary
The Conservation Crisis: a Proposed New Federal Agency for Research on the Environment
Peter B. Stacey and Terry L. Root