Contents
Phylogenetic Placement of Mimizuku Gurneyi (aves: Strigidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial Dna
Hector C. Miranda Jr., Robert S. Kennedy, and David P. Mindell
Variation in Life-history Traits and Nest-site Selection Affects Risk of Nest Predation in the California Gnatcatcher
Keith W. Sockman
Size-dependent Variation in Reproductive Success of a Long-lived Seabird, the Antarctic Petrel (thalassoica Antarctica)
Bernt-Erik Saether, Svein-Hakon Lorensten, Torkild Tveraa, Reidar Andersen, and Hans Christian Pedersen
Survival, Productivity, and Abundance in a Wilson's Warbler Population
Mary K. Chase, Nadav Nur, and Geoffrey R. Geupel
Declines in Abundance and Species Richness of Birds Following a Major Flood on the Upper Mississippi River
Melinda G. Knutson and Erwin E. Klass
Nest-site Selection by Mallards and Blue-winged Teal in Relation to Microclimate
Mark L. Gloutney and Robert G. Clark
Foraging Ecology of Three Sympatric Turacos in a Montane Forest in Rwanda
Chin Sun and Timothy C. Moermond
Pigeon Homing: Effects of Magnetic Pulses on Initial Orientation
Robert C. Beason, Roswitha Wiltschko, and Wolfgang Wiltschko
Natal and Breeding Dispersal in American Avocets
Julie A. Robinson and Lewis W. Oring
Capture-recapture Analysis of a Wintering Black-capped Chickadee Population in Connecticut, 1958-1993
Gordon Lorey, James D. Nichols, and James E. Hines
Landscape Modification and Patch Selection: the Demography of Two Secondary Cavity Nesters Colonizing Clearcuts
Rachel F. Holt and Kathy Martin
Wind Assistance: a Requirement for Migration of Shorebirds?
Robert W. Butler, Tony D. Williams, Nils Warnock, and Mary Anne Bishop
Using Stable-isotope Analysis to Identify Endogenous and Exogenous Sources of Nutrients in Eggs of Migratory Birds: Applications to Great Lakes Contaminants Research
Keith A. Hobson, Kimberley D. Hughes, and Peter J. Ewins
Composition of Wood Duck Eggs in Relation to Egg Size, Laying Sequence, and Skipped Days of Laying
Robert A. Kennamer, Sarah K. Alsum, and Sheila V. Colwell
Osmoregulation by Ad
Donald N. Janes
In Memoriam: Allan R Phillips, 1914-1996
Robert W. Dickerman and Amadeo M. Rea
In Memoriam: Frederick M Baumgartner, 1910-1996
William A. Carter
In Memoriam: Edvard K Barth, 1913-1996
Svein Haftorn
In Memoriam: Holger Holgersen, 1914-1996
Svein Haftorn
Forty-first Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds
The Auk
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk
Short Communications
Partial Rejection of Immaculate Foreign Eggs by Yellow-breasted Chats
Dirk E. Burhans and Phillip C. Freeman
Early Description of the Black Vulture on the American Continent
Rodolfo Salas-Auvert and A. Viloria
Can Passerines Synthesize Vitamin C?
Carlos Martinez Rio
Sex Identification of South American Parrots (psittacidae, Aves) Using the Human Minisatellite Probe 3315
Cristina Y. Miyaki, J. Mauricio B. Duarte, Renato Caparroz, Adauto L. V. Nunes, and Anita Wajntal
Migration by Radio-tagged Pacific Golden-plovers from Hawaii to Alaska, and Their Subsequent Survival
Oscar W. Johnson, Nils Warnock, Mary Anne Bishop, Alan J. Bennett, Patricia M. Johnson, and Ronald J. Kienholz
The Effects of Fluctuating Food Availability on Breeding Arctic Terns (sterna Paradisaea)
D. Suddaby and N. Ratcliffe