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Nest Architecture and Avian Systematics
Frederick H. Sheldon and David W. Winkler

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Think Small
Edward H. Burtt Jr.

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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.

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Microbial Colonization of the Cloacae of Nestling Tree Swallows
Tamara K. Mills, Michael P. Lombardo, and Patrick A. Thorpe

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Lake Selection by Madagascar Fish-eagles
James Berkelman, James D. Fraser, and Richard T. Watson

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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

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A Model to Predict Breeding-season Productivity for Multibrooded Songbirds
Larkin A. Powell, Michael J. Conroy, David G. Krementz, and Jason D. Lang

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At-sea Distribution of Spectacled Eiders: a 120-year-old Mystery Resolved
Margaret R. Petersen, William W. Larned, and David C. Douglas

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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

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Skeletons and the Genera of Sparrows (emberizinae)
J. Dan Webster and Jackson R. Webster

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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.

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In Memoriam: Henri Roger Ouellet, 1938-1999
Raymond Mcneil and W. Earl Godfrey

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In Memoriam: H Elliott Mcclure, 1910-1998
Masashi Yoshii and Nagahisa Kuroda

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Reviews
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Covers

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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Short Communications

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Apparent Heritability of Parental Care in Savannah Sparrows
Corey R. Freeman-Gallant and Michele D. Rothstein

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Precocious Breeding by Yearling Giant Canada Geese
Ronald D. Drobney, J. Michael Checkett, John M. Coluccy, and David A. Graber

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Evaluation of Mist-net Sampling as an Index to Productivity in Kirtland's Warblers
Jonathan Bart, Cameron Kepler, Paul Sykes, and Carol Bocetti

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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.