Contents
Are Conspicuous Birds Unprofitable Prey? Field Experiments with Hawks and Stuffed Prey Species
Frank G
Relative Effects of Hatching Order, Egg-size Variation, and Parental Quality on Chick Survival in Common Terns
Patricia Blair Bollinger
Olfactory Behavior of Foraging Procellariiforms
Christophe Verheyden and Pierre Jouventin
Vocal Learning in Grey Parrots (psittacus Erithacus): Effects of Social Interaction, Reference, and Context
Irene M. Pepperberg
Color Variation and Hybridization among Nesospiza Buntings on Inaccessible Island, Tristan Da Cunha
Peter G. Ryan, Coleen L. Moloney, and Jocelyn Hudon
Natural and Experimental Infections of Eustrongylides Ignotus: Effect on Growth and Survival of Nestling Wading Birds
Marilyn G. Spalding, Jeff P. Smith, and Donald J. Forrester
Phylogeny of Cranes (gruiformes: Gruidae) Based on Cytochrome-b Dna Sequences
Carey Krajewski and James W. Fetzner Jr.
Energy Expenditure and Water Turnover of Incubating Ruddy Turnstones: High Costs under High Arctic Climatic Conditions
Theunis Piersma and R. I. Morrison
Reexamination of Barbet Monophyly Using Mitochondrial-dna Sequence Data
Scott M. Lanyon and John G. Hall
Geographic Variation of Size in Feral Pigeons
Richard F. Johnston
Temporal Dynamics of Mangrove Bird Communities in Venezuela with Special Reference to Migrant Warblers
Gaetan Lefebvre, Brigitte Poulin, and Raymond McNeil
Genetic Structure of Chukar (alectoris Chukar) Populations in Israel
Ettore Randi and Philip U. Alkon
Air-sea Heat Flux, Ocean Wind Fields, and Offshore Dispersal of Gulls
J. Christopher Haney and David S. Lee
In Memoriam: Joseph J Hickey, 1907-1993
Stanley A. Temple and John T. Emlen
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
The Auk
Short Communications
Measuring the Daily Energy Expenditure of Free-living Arctic Terns (sterna Paradisaea)
J. Uttley, P. Tatner, and P. Monaghan
Parental Recognition of Juvenile Begging Calls in the Florida Scrub Jay
Jennifer J. Barg and Ronald L. Mumme
Resource Dependence and Territory Size in Loggerhead Shrikes (lanius Iudovicianus)
Reuven Yosef and Thomas C. Grubb Jr.
Behavior, Vocalizations, and Possible Relationships of Four Myrmotherula Antwrens (formicariidae) from Eastern Ecuador
Bret M. Whitney
Parental Role-reversed Polyandry and Paternity
Carlos A. Valle
Gut Passage of Insects by European Starlings and Comparison with Other Species
Douglas J. Levey and William H. Karasov
Communal Breeding in the European Starling: Evidence from Dna Fingerprinting
Rianne Pinxten, Marcel Eens, and Rudolf F. Verheyen
Hybridization Between Barred and Spotted Owls
Thomas E. Hamer, Eric D. Forsman, A. D. Fuchs, and M. L. Walters
Daily Body-mass Loss and Nitrogen Excretion during Molting Fast of Macaroni Penguins
Yves Cherel and Frederic Freby
Can Avian Distribution Patterns in Northern Argentina Be Related to Gallery-forest Expansion-retraction Caused by Quaternary Climatic Changes?
Jose Maria Cardoso Da Silva
Charadrius Montanus-montane, Grassland, or Bare-ground Plover?
Fritz L. Knopf and Brian J. Miller