Contents
Nest Concealment and Predation in Hooded Warblers: Experimental Removal of Nest Cover
Joan S. Howlett and Bridget J. Stutchbury
Phylogenetic Analysis of the Cuculidae (aves, Cuculiformes) Using Behavioral and Ecological Characters
Janice M. Hughes
From Tragedy to Triumph: Renesting in Ring-billed Gulls
Kevin M. Brown and Ralph D. Morris
Decreases in Migrating Sharp-shinned Hawks (accipiter Striatus) at Traditional Raptor-migration Watch Sites in Eastern North America
Catherine B. Viverette, Susanna Struve, Laurie J. Goodrich, and Keith L. Bildstein
Mechanisms of American English Vowel Production in a Grey Parrot (psittacus Erithacus)
Denice K. Warren, Dianne K. Patterson, and Irene M. Pepperberg
Patterns of Allozyme, Mitochondrial Dna, and Morphometric Variation in Four Sparrow Genera
Robert M. Zink and Rachelle C. Blackwell
Determination of Clutch Size and the Breeding Biology of the Spur-winged Plover (vanellus Spinosus) in Israel
Akiva Yogev, Amos Ar, and Yoram Yom-Tov
A Phylogenetic Analysis of Modern Pochards (anatidae: Aythyini)
Bradley C. Livezey
Neotropical Bird Migration during the Ice Ages: Orientation and Ecology
Timothy C. Williams and Thompson Webb III
Reproductive Success, Growth and Survival of Black-crowned Night-heron (nycticorax Nycticorax) and Snowy Egret (egretta Thula) Chicks in Coastal Virginia
R. Michael Erwin, John G. Haig, Daniel B. Stotts, and Jeff S. Hatfield
Temporal Patterns in Reproductive Success in the Endangered Roseate Tern (sterna Dougallii) Nesting on Long Island, New York, and Bird Island, Massachusetts
Joanna Burger, Ian C. T. Nisbet, Carl Safina, and Michael Gochfeld
Breeding Behavior of Elegant Trogons in Southeastern Arizona
Linnea S. Hall and Jordan O. Karubian
Scaling of Muscle Composition, Wing Morphology, and Intermittent Flight Behavior in Woodpeckers
Bret W. Tobalske
The Energetic Cost of Begging in Nestling Passerines
John P. Mccarty
Effects of Supplemental Food on Size and Survival of Juvenile Northern Goshawks
Johanna M. Ward and Patricia L. Kennedy
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Short Communications
Fledgling Adoption in Hooded Warblers (wilsonia Citrina): Does Extrapair Paternity Play a Role?
Bridget J. Stutchbury and Lesley J. Evans Ogden
Intraspecific Variation in Loggerhead Shrikes: Sexual Dimorphism and Implication for Subspecies Classification
Douglas M. Collister and Dan Wicklum
North American Canada Geese (branta Canadensis) in West Greenland
A. D. Fox, Christian Glahder, Carl R. Mitchell, David A. Stroud, Hugh Boyd, and John Frikke
Aspects of the Breeding Biology of Pollen's Vanga (xenopirostris Polleni) in Southeastern Madagascar
Michael S. Putnam
Nesting of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper (xiphorhynchus Guttatus)
Alexander F. Skutch
Age-biased Spring Dispersal in Male Wild Turkeys
Alexander V. Badyaev, William J. Etges, and Thomas E. Martin
Trade-offs of Territory Choice in Male and Female Marsh Warblers
H. Hoi and R. Ille
Sex Difference in Breeding Age of Griffon Vultures (gyps Fulvus)
Guillermo Blanco and Felix Martinez
Effect of Food Availability on Incubation Period in the Pied Flycatcher (ficedula Hypoleuca)
Juan Jose Sanz
Absence of Blood-parasitization Effects on Lesser Kestrel Fitness
Jose L. Tella, Manuela G. Forero, Alvaro Gajon, Fernando Hirlando, and Jose A. Donazar
The Insurance-egg Hypothesis and Extra Reproductive Value of Last-laid Eggs in Clutches of American Kestrels
Karen L. Wiebe
Dna Fingerprinting Reveals Polygyny in the Lesser Kestrel (falco Naumanni)
Jose L. Tella, Juan J. Negro, Morris Villarroel, Urs Kuhnlein, Fernardo Hiraldo, and Jose A. Donazar