Contents
Molts and Plumages of Orange-breasted Buntings (passerina Leclancerii): Implications for Theories of Delayed Plumage Maturation
Christopher W. Thompson and Matthias Leu
Structure and Function of the Digestive Tract of the Hoatzin (opisthocomus Hoazin): a Folivorous Bird with Foregut Fermentation
Alejandro Grajal
Song Development by Black-capped Chickadees (parus Atricapillus) and Carolina Chickadees (p Carolinensis)
Donald E. Kroodsma, Daniel J. Albano, Peter W. Houlihan, and Judith A. Wells
Survival of Great Horned Owls in Relation to the Snowshoe Hare Cycle
C. Stuart Houston and Charles M. Francis
Effects of Growth-rate Variation on Fledging of Rhinoceros Auklets (cerorhinca Monocerata)
Anne Harfenist
Age-specific Costs of First-time Breeding
Anne Viallefont, Fred Cooke, and Jean-Dominique Lebreton
Nesting Henderson Reed-warblers (acrocephalus Vaughani Taiti) Studied by Dna Fingerprinting: Unrelated Coalitions in a Stable Habitat?
M. De L. Brooke and Ian R. Hartley
Confirmation of a Portion of the Sibley-ahlquist Tapestry""
Robert Bleiweiss, John A. Kirsch, and Naveed Shafi
Patterns of Ovenbird (seiurus Aurocapillus) Pairing Success in Missouri Forest Tracts
Michele A. Van Horn, Robert M. Gentry, and John Faaborg
Importance of Dominance Status and Distance from Cover to Foraging White-crowned Sparrows: an Experimental Analysis
Robert Slotow and Stephen I. Rothstein
Intraspecific and Interspecific Variation in Molt Patterns of Some Tropical Hummingbirds
F. Gary Stiles
Light Patterns as Cues for Mate Choice in the Lekking White-throated Manakin (corapipo Gutturalis)
Marc Thery and Sandra L. Venrencamp
Effects of Forest Patch Size on Nesting Success of Wood Thrushes
Jeffrey P. Hoover, Margaret C. Brittingham, and Laurie J. Goodrich
Molecular Systematics and Zoogeography of Flowerpiercers in the Diglossa Baritula Complex
Shannon J. Hackett
Factors Affecting the Distribution and Size of Pygoscelid Penguin Colonies in the Antarctic
David G. Ainley, Nadav Nur, and Eric J. Woehler
Sources of Nesting Mortality and Correlates of Nesting Success in Yellow-headed Blackbirds
Jaroslav Picmane Isabelle
Relationship Between Body Composition and Homeothermy in Neonates of Precocial and Semiprecocial Birds
G. Henk Visser and Robert E. Ricklefs
Growth and Energy Requirements of Hand-reared Great Blue Heron (ardea Herodias) Chicks
Darin C. Bennett, Philip E. Whitehead, and Leslie E. Hart
Distribution Patterns and Zoogeography of Atlapetes Brush-finches (emberizinae) of the Andes
J. V. Remsen Jr. and White Solomon Graves IV
Distribution Patterns of Buarremon Brush-finches (emberizinae) and Interspecific Competition in Andean Birds
J. V. Remsen Jr. and White Solomon Graves IV
Factors Affecting Reproductive Success of Wood Storks (mycteria Americana) in East-central Georgia
Malcolm C. Coulter and A. Lawrence Bryan Jr.
In Memoriam: Howard Lewis Mendall, 1909-1994
Ralph S. Palmer and C. Stuart Houston
In Memoriam: Paul a Stewart, 1909-1994
Brooke Meanley
Erratum: Klaassen (1994)
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William Brewster Memorial Award, 1994:
Frank Mckinney
Elliott Coues Award, 1994:
Wolfgang Wiltschko
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Helmeted Honeyeaters Build Bulkier Nests in Cold Weather
Donald C. Franklin
Environmental Component of Latitudinal Clutch-size Variation in House Sparrows (passer Domesticus)
Mitchell Baker
Non-invasive Assessment of the Annual Gonadal Cycle in Free-living Kakapo (strigops Habroptilus) Using Fecal Steroid Measurements
J. F. Cockrem and J. R. Rounce
Polygyny in the Asian Openbill (anastomus Oscitans)
Tanmay Datta and B. C. Pal
Water and Energy Limitations on Flight Range
Marcel Klaassen
Reply to Klaassen's Commentary Concerning Water and Energy Limitations on Flight Range
Nurit Carmi, Berry Pinshow, Warren P. Porter, and Jim Jaeger