Contents
Use of a New Reproductive Index to Evaluate Relationship Between Habitat Quality and Breeding Success
Peter D. Vickery, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., and Jeffrey V. Wells
Is Density an Indicator of Breeding Success?
Peter D. Vickery, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., and Jeffrey V. Wells
Extrapair Fertilization in Monogamous Bull-headed Shrikes Revealed by Dna Fingerprinting
Satoshi Yamagishi, Isao Nishiumi, and Chikashi Shimoda
How Do Frugivores Process Fruit? Gastrointestinal Transit and Glucose Absorption in Cedar Waxwings (bombycilla Cedrorum)
Douglas J. Levey and Gary E. Duke
Changes in Survival Rates of Lesser Snow Geese with Age and Breeding Status
Charles M. Francis, Miriam H. Richards, Fred Cooke, and Robert F. Rockwell
Chitin Digestion and Assimilation by Seabirds
Sue Jackson, Allen R. Place, and Lindsay J. Seiderer
Plumage Variability in Redpolls from Churchill, Manitoba
Gilles Seutin, Peter T. Boag, and Laurene M. Ratcliffe
Reproductive Patterns and Social Organization of the Communal Guira Cuckoo (guira Guira) in Central Brazil
Regina H. Macedo
Phylogeography of Mitochondrial Dna in Two Species of White-eyes in Australia
Sandie M. Degnan and Craig Moritz
Characteristics and Consequences of Nest-site Fidelity in Wood Ducks
Gary R. Hepp and Robert A. Kennamer
Phylogenetic Analysis of Avian Parental Care
Mary C. Mckitrick
Frequency Variation in Songs of Black-capped Chickadees (parus Atricapillus)
A. G. Horn, M. L. Leonard, L. Ratcliffe, S. A. Shackleton, and R. G. Weisman
Daily Mass Gains among Woodland Migrants at an Inland Stopover Site
Kevin Winker, Dwain W. Warner, and A. R. Weisbrod
Role of Handling Time in Selection of Extruded Food Morsels by Two Granivorous Bird Species
Jeffrey F. Keating, Robert J. Robel, Albert W. Adams, Keith C. Behnke, and Kenneth E. Kemp
Honest Advertisement in Flight Displays of Bobolinks (dolichonyx Oryzivorus)
Monica H. Mather and Raleigh J. Robertson
Avian Forelimb Muscles and Nonsteady Flight: Can Birds Fly without Using the Muscles in Their Wings?
Kenneth P. Dial
Reproductive Implications of Egg-size Variation in the Black Brant
Paul L. Flint and James S. Sedinger
In Memoriam: Dennis G Raveling, 1939-1991
M. Robert Mclandress
In Memoriam: Ralph Warren Dexter, 1912-1991
Edward H. Burtt Jr.
In Memoriam: Bryan Steven Obst, 1956-1991
Thomas R. Howell
In Memoriam: Hans Edmund Wolters, 1915-1991
Karl-L. Schuchmann and Walter J. Bock
In Memoriam: Maurice Broun, 1906-1979
Albert E. Conway
In Memoriam: Ramesh Maganbhai Naik, 1931-1991
Charles T. Collins
In Memoriam: Louise De Kiriline Lawrence, 1894-1992
Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley
Announcements
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Index to Volume 109
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Covers
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Back Matter
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Short Communications
Experimental Reintroduction of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Dawn K. Carrie, and Richard R. Schaefer
Extensive Folivory by Thick-billed Saltators (saltator Maxillosus) in Southern Brazil
Erik S. Munson and W. Douglas Robinson
Weather-dependent Kleptoparasitism and Aggression in a Raptor Guild
Ethan J. Temeles and Troy I. Wellicome
Pterylography of Birds-of-paradise and the Systematic Position of Macgregor's Bird-of-paradise (macgregoria Pulchra)
Mary H. Clench
Differences in Song and Sexual Dimorphism Between Cuban and North American Red-winged Blackbirds (agelaius Phoeniceus)
Linda A. Whittingham, Arturo Kirkconnell, and Laurene M. Ratcliffe
Intestinal Transit: How Can It Be Delayed Long Enough for Birds to Act as Long-distance Dispersal Agents?
Mary H. Clench and John R. Mathias
A Comment: Estimating Absolute Densities of Flying Seabirds Using Analyses of Relative Movement
Larry Spear, Nadav Nur, and David G. Ainley