Contents
Feeding Behavior, Flock-size Dynamics, and Variation in Sexual Selection in Crossbills
Craig W. Benkman
An Alternative Hypothesis for Heavier Parasite Loads of Brightly Colored Birds: Exposure at the Nest
Mary C. Garvin and J. V. Remsen Jr.
Laying Order Affects Incubation Duration in the Black Kite (milvus Migrans): Counteracting Hatching Asynchrony?
Javier Vinuela
Nutritional Determinants of Diet in Three Turacos in a Tropical Montane Forest
Chin Sun, Timothy C. Moermond, and Thomas J. Givnish
Host-egg Removal by Brown-headed Cowbirds: a Test of the Host Incubation Limit Hypothesis
D. Glen Mcmaster and Spencer G. Sealy
Testicular Asymmetry and Secondary Sexual Characters in Red Junglefowl
Rebecca T. Kimball, J. David Ligon, and Michele Merola-Zwartjes
Growth and Organ Development in Greater Snow Goose Goslings
Louis Lesage and Gilles Gauthier
Interaction of Osmotic and Volemic Components in Initiating Salt-gland Secretion in Pekin Ducks
Darin C. Bennett, Maryanne R. Hughes, Cristina N. Sobrino, and David A. Gray
Molt and Migration in the Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tamaki Yuri and Sievert Rohwer
Spring Stopover of Intercontinental Migratory Thrushes along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico
Wang Yong and Frank R. Moore
Dominance, Age, and Reproductive Success in a Complex Society: a Long-term Study of the Mexican Jay
Jerram L. Brown, Esther R. Sedransk, and Shannon Ritter
In Memoriam: Hustace H Poor, 1914-1996
James Baird
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk
Short Communications
Age of First Breeding in Merlins (falco Columbarius)
David J. Lieske, Lynn W. Oliphant, Paul C. James, Ian G. Warkentin, and Richard H. Espie
Problems with Removal Experiments Designed to Test the Relationship Between Paternity and Parental Effort in a Socially Polyandrous Bird
Ian G. Jamieson and James S. Quinn
Crows Do Not Use Automobiles as Nutcrackers: Putting an Anecdote to the Test
Daniel A. Cristol, Paul V. Switzer, Kara L. Johnson, and Leah S. Walke
Black-capped Chickadees and Red-breasted Nuthatches Weigh" Sunflower Seeds"
Bernd Heinrich, Chris C. Joerg, Sean S. Madden, and Emory W. Sanders Jr.
Mononykus and Birds: Methods and Evidence
Luis Chiappe, Mark Norell, and James Clark
On the Origin of Some Birds Collected by George Such, and the Type Localities of Several Forms
Jose Fernando Pacheco and Bret M. Whitney