Contents
Nest Architecture and Avian Systematics
Frederick H. Sheldon and David W. Winkler
Think Small
Edward H. Burtt Jr.
A New Species of Antpitta (formicariidae: Grallaria) from the Southern Ecuadorian Andes
Niels Krabbe, D. J. Agro, N. H. Rice, M. Jacome, L. Navarrete, and F. Sornoza M.
Phylogenetic Analysis of the Nest Architecture of Neotropical Ovenbirds (furnariidae)
Krzysztof Zyskowski and Richard O. Prum
Landscape Attributes and Nest-site Selection in Wild Turkeys
Wayne E. Thogmartin
Influence of Climate on Reproductive Success in Mexican Jays
Shou-Hsien Li and Jerram L. Brown
Effects of Forest Roads on Habitat Quality for Ovenbirds in a Forested Landscape
Yvette K. Ortega and David E. Capen
Microbial Colonization of the Cloacae of Nestling Tree Swallows
Tamara K. Mills, Michael P. Lombardo, and Patrick A. Thorpe
Evolution of Toxicity in Pitohuis: I Effects of Homobatrachotoxin on Chewing Lice (order Phthiraptera)
John P. Dumbacher
Genetic Variability in the Endemic Vireos of Puerto Rico and Jamaica Contrasted with the Continental White-eyed Vireo
Patrick W. Zwartjes
Lake Selection by Madagascar Fish-eagles
James Berkelman, James D. Fraser, and Richard T. Watson
Does Nest Placement Affect the Fate or Productivity of California Gnatcatcher Nests?
Gerald T. Braden
Plasma Lipid Metabolites Provide Information on Mass Change Over Several Days in Captive Western Sandpipers
Tony D. Williams, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Oliver Egeler, and Christopher J. Martyniuk
A Model to Predict Breeding-season Productivity for Multibrooded Songbirds
Larkin A. Powell, Michael J. Conroy, David G. Krementz, and Jason D. Lang
At-sea Distribution of Spectacled Eiders: a 120-year-old Mystery Resolved
Margaret R. Petersen, William W. Larned, and David C. Douglas
Evolutionary Patterns of Morphometrics, Allozymes, and Mitochondrial Dna in Thrashers (genus Toxostoma)
Robert M. Zink, Donna L. Dittmann, John Klicka, and Rachelle C. Blackwell-Rago
Extrapair Mating System of an Asynchronously Breeding Tropical Songbird: the Mangrove Swallow
Owen R. Moore, Bridget J. Stutchbury, and James S. Quinn
Does Tape-luring of Migrating Eurasian Reed-warblers Increase Number of Recruits or Capture Probability?
Michael Schaub, Regine Schwilch, and Lukas Jenni
Skeletons and the Genera of Sparrows (emberizinae)
J. Dan Webster and Jackson R. Webster
Factors Affecting Nesting Success of Wood Thrushes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
George L. Farnsworth and Theodore R. Simons
Low Levels of Genetic Variability in North American Populations of the Wood Stork (mycteria Americana)
Ronald A. Bussche, Stephanie A. Harmon, Robert J. Baker, A. Lawrence Bryan Jr., James A. Rodgers, Michael J. Harris, and I. Lehr Brisbin Jr.
High Levels of Mitochondrial Dna Differentiation in Two Lineages of Antbirds (drymophila and Hypocnemis)
John M. Bates, Shannon J. Hackett, and Jaqueline M. Goerck
Phylogenetic Patterns of Parental Care in Calidridine Sandpipers
Oksana A. Borowik and Deborah A. Mclennan
In Memoriam: Henri Roger Ouellet, 1938-1999
Raymond Mcneil and W. Earl Godfrey
In Memoriam: Frances Hamerstrom, 1907-1998
Keith L. Bildstein
In Memoriam: H Elliott Mcclure, 1910-1998
Masashi Yoshii and Nagahisa Kuroda
Reviewers for the Auk, 1999
The Auk
100 Years Ago in the Auk
The Auk
Index to Volume 116
The Auk
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk
Short Communications
Reproductive Success of Exotic Mute Swans in Connecticut
Michael R. Conover and Gary S. Kania
Apparent Heritability of Parental Care in Savannah Sparrows
Corey R. Freeman-Gallant and Michele D. Rothstein
Relationships among Dominance, Foraging Proficiency, and Condition in Juvenile Dark-eyed Juncos
Joanna Leary, Kimberly A. Sullivan, and Nigella Hillgarth
Male House Sparrows Behave as if a Fertilization Window Exists
Misty D. Hankinson
Precocious Breeding by Yearling Giant Canada Geese
Ronald D. Drobney, J. Michael Checkett, John M. Coluccy, and David A. Graber
Evaluation of Mist-net Sampling as an Index to Productivity in Kirtland's Warblers
Jonathan Bart, Cameron Kepler, Paul Sykes, and Carol Bocetti
Patch Size and Composition of Social Groups in Wintering Tufted Titmice
Elena V. Pravosudova, Thomas C. Grubb Jr., Patricia G. Parker, and Paul F. Doherty Jr.