Contents
Bill Color, Reproduction and Condition Effects in Wild and Domesticated Zebra Finches
Nancy Tyler Burley, Donald K. Price, and Richard A. Zann
Phylogenetic, Taxonomic and Biogeographical Implications of Genetic, Morphological, and Behavioral Variation in Francolins (phasianidae: Francolinus)
Timothy M. Crowe, Eric H. Harley, Mariola B. Jakutowicz, Joris Komen, and Anna A. Crowe
Natural and Induced Remanent Magnetism in Birds
Holly H. Edwards, Gary D. Schnell, Robert L. Dubois, and Victor H. Hutchison
Roosting Behavior of Premigratory Dunlins (calidris Alpina)
Colleen M. Handel and Robert E. Gill Jr.
Characterization and Phylogenetic Significance of a Repetitive Dna Sequence from Whooping Cranes (grus Americana)
Jamie Love and Prescott Deininger
Genetic Structure of Blue Duck (hymenolaimus Malacorhynchos) Populations Revealed by Dna Fingerprinting
Susan J. Triggs, Murray J. Williams, Stephen J. Marshall, and Geoffrey K. Chambers
Test of the Ecological Basis of Cooperative Breeding in Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
Jeffrey R. Walters, Carole K. Copeyon, and J. H. Carter III
Brood Size and Thermal Environment Influence Field Metabolism of Nestling Yellow-eyed Juncos
Kimberly A. Sullivan and Wesley W. Weathers
Effects of Wind and Illumination on Behavior and Metabolic Rate of American Goldfinches (carduelis Tristis)
George S. Bakken and Kimberly F. Lee
Mitochondrial-dna Variation in the Polytypic Alaskan Song Sparrow
Matthew P. Hare and Gerald F. Shields
Phylogeny and Rates of Molecular Evolution in the Aphelocoma Jays (corvidae)
A. Townsend Peterson
Short-term Effects of Hurricane Gilbert on Terrestrial Bird Populations on Jamaica
Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., D. Jean Lodge, and Robert B. Waide
The Evolutionary Significance of Lifetime Reproductive Success
Bertram G. Murray Jr.
Dna-dna Hybridization Evidence of Phylogenetic Relationships among Major Lineages of Parus
Frederick H. Sheldon, Beth Slikas, Maureen Kinnarney, Frank B. Gill, E. Zhao, and Bengt Silverin
In Memoriam: Milton Bernhard Trautman, 1899-1991
Harold F. Mayfield
In Memoriam: Bernhard Rensch, 1900-1990
Ernst Mayr
In Memoriam: Norman Fredrick Sloan, 1934-1989
Jerome A. Jackson
In Memoriam: James T Tanner, 1914-1991
Ben B. Coffey Jr.
In Memoriam: Hermann Rahn, 1912-1990
Carol M. Vleck
William Brewster Memorial Award, 1991
Lewis W. Oring
Elliott Coues Award, 1991
John A. Wiens
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk
Short Communications
Asynchronous Polygyny in the House Wren (troglodytes Aedon)
Michael S. Quinn and Geoffrey L. Holroyd
Basic Technique for Preparation of Down for Examination with the Scanning Electron Microscope
Roxie C. Laybourne, Beth Ann Sabo, and Ann Morningstar
Comparing Actual and Random Distributions of Nearest Neighbors
Ronald P. Larkin
Reply to Larkin
Scott M. Pearson