Contents
Consequences of an Alien Shrub on the Plumage Coloration and Ecology of Cedar Waxwings
Mark C. Witmer
Mitochondrial Dna Lineages in Composite Flocks of Migratory and Wintering Dunlins (calidris Alpina)
Paul W. Wenink and Allan J. Baker
Acoustical Features of Song Categories of the Adelaide's Warbler (dendroica Adelaidae)
Cynthia A. Staicer
Evolutionary Relationships among Extant Albatrosses (procellariiformes: Diomedeidae) Established from Complete Cytochrome-b Gene Sequences
Gary B. Nunn, John Cooper, Pierre Jouventin, Chris J. Robertson, and Graham G. Robertson
Influence of the Trailing-edge Notch on Flight Performance of Galliforms
Sergei V. Drovetski
Systematics of Grouse and Ptarmigan Determined by Nucleotide Sequences of the Mitochondrial Cytochrome-b Gene
Darrell L. Ellsworth, Rodney L. Honeycutt, and Nova J. Silvy
First-time Observer Effects in the North American Breeding Bird Survey
William L. Kendall, Bruce G. Peterjohn, and John R. Sauer
Repeated Evolution of Sexual Color Dimorphism in Passerine Birds
Trevor Price and Geoffrey L. Birch
Notes and News
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Plumage Coloration and Conspicuousness in Birds: Experiments with the Pied Flycatcher
Svein Dale and Tore Slagsvold
Subadult Plumage in the House Finch and Tests of Models for the Evolution of Delayed Plumage Maturation
Geoffrey E. Hill
Geographic Variation in Migratory Behavior of Greater White-fronted Geese (anser Albifrons)
Craig R. Ely and John Y. Takekawa
Nestling Sex-ratio Variation in Western Bluebirds
Walter D. Koenig and Janis L. Dickinson
Implications of Vagrant Southeastern Vireos and Warblers in California
Michael A. Patten and Curtis A. Marantz
In Memoriam: Burt L Monroe, Jr, 1930-1994
Kenneth P. Able
In Memoriam: Harvey I Fisher, 1916-1994
George H. Waring and Chandler S. Robbins
In Memoriam: William H Drury, 1921-1992
Ian C. Nisbet
In Memoriam: Walter R Spofford, 1908-1995
Dean Amadon
In Memoriam: William H Marshall, 1912-1996
C. Stuart Houston
Index to Volume 113
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Covers
Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Short Communications
Play Activity in Young Montagu's Harriers (circus Pygargus)
Massimo Pandolfi
Allocation of Limited Reserves to a Clutch: a Model Explaining the Lack of a Relationship Between Clutch Size and Egg Size
Paul L. Flint, James B. Grand, and James S. Sedinger
Notes on the Behavior of the Masked Saltator in Southern Ecuador
Joseph A. Tobias and Robert S. Williams
Habitat Barriers to Movement of Understory Birds in Fragmented South-temperate Rainforest
Kathryn E. Sieving, Mary F. Willson, and Toni L. Santo
Time of Departure by Summer Tanagers (piranga Rubra) from a Stopover Site Following Spring Trans-gulf Migration
Frank R. Moore and David A. Aborn
Cavity Nesting by Great Kiskadees (pitangus Sulphuratus): Adaptation or Expression of Ancestral Behavior?
Celso Lago-Paiva
Interbreeding of a Tricolored Heron and a Snowy Egret in South Dakota
William A. Meeks, David E. Naugle, Rex R. Johnson, and Kenneth F. Higgins
Skewed Sex Ratios in Cooper's Hawk Offspring
Robert N. Rosenfield, John Bielefeldt, and Susan M. Vos
Social Strategy and Cover in Savannah Sparrows
Bryan D. Watts
Terminology in Molt and Wing Feathers: Use of Descendant, Ascendant, and Lesser Coverts
Raffael Winkler and Lukas Jenni