Contents
Family Stability in Greater White-fronted Geese
Craig R. Ely
Effect of Nest-site Location on Reproductive Success of Red-throated Loons (gavia Stellata)
Christine Eberl and Jaroslav Picman
Temperature Regulation in Neonates of Shorebirds
G. Henk Visser and Robert E. Ricklefs
Winter Starvation in Captive Common Barn-owls: Physiological States and Reversible Limits
Yves Handrich, Laurent Nicolas, and Yvon Le Maho
Winter Starvation in Captive Common Barn-owls: Bioenergetics during Refeeding
Yves Handrich, Laurent Nicolas, and Yvon Le Maho
Nesting Energetics of House Wrens (troglodytes Aedon) in Relation to Maximal Rates of Energy Flow
Cheryl R. Dykstra and William H. Karasov
A Generalized Discriminant for Sexing Fulmarine Petrels from External Measurements
J. A. Van Franeker and C. J. F. Ter Braak
Relationship Between Protein Nutritional Status and Immunocompetence in Northern Bobwhite Chicks
Robert L. Lochmiller, Michelle R. Vestey, and Jon C. Boren
Habitat Heterogeneity and Life-history Variation of Mediterranean Blue Tits (parus Caeruleus)
Jacques Blondel, Paula Cristina Dias, Marie Maistre, and Philippe Perret
Effect of Clutch Size on Incubation Persistence in Male Wilson's Phalaropes (phalaropus Tricolor)
David J. Delehanty and Lewis W. Oring
Use of an Exotic Tree Plantation by Bornean Lowland Forest Birds
Shaibal S. Mitra and Frederick H. Sheldon
Philopatry, Site Fidelity, Dispersal, and Survival of Spotted Sandpipers
J. Michael Reed and Lewis W. Oring
Interactions Between Stomach Structure and Diet Choice in Shorebirds
Theunis Piersma, Anita Koolhaas, and Anne Dekinga
Territorial Exclusion by a Long-distance Migrant Warbler in Jamaica: a Removal Experiment with American Redstarts (setophaga Ruticilla)
Peter P. Marra, Thomas W. Sherry, and Richard T. Holmes
Repeatable Reproduction in Song Sparrows
Wesley M. Hochachka
Phylogeographic Patterns in Mitochondrial Dna of the Ostrich (struthio Camelus)
Stefanie Freitag and Terence J. Robinson
Clutch-size Determination in Precocial Birds: a Study of the Common Eider
Kjell Einar Erikstad, Jan Ove Bustnes, and Truls Moum
In Memoriam: Lawrence Harvey Walkinshaw, 1904-1993
Harold F. Mayfield
Thirty-ninth 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
Foraging Ecology of Wintering Black-billed Magpies
Mark C. Mckinstry and Richard L. Knight
Male and Female Choice in Zebra Finches
Susan E. Wynn and Trevor Price
Turnover of 13 C in Cellular and Plasma Fractions of Blood: Implications for Nondestructive Sampling in Avian Dietary Studies
Keith A. Hobson and R. G. Clark
A Systematic-encounter-sampling Design for Nesting Studies
Jeffrey F. Bromaghin and Lyman L. Mcdonald
Application of Computed Tomography to Morphological Study of Emperor and Ad
Yuichi Osa, Toshiaki Kuramochi, Yutaka Watanuki, Yasuhiko Naito, Masaaki Murano, Shin-Ichi Hayama, Hiromitsu Orima, and Michio Fujita
The American Ornithologists' Union's Support of Latin American Ornithology
Marion A. Jenkinson
Commentary
Roseate Tern Trio Fledges Three Young
Helen Hays