Contents
A New Bush-warbler (sylviidae, Bradypterus) from Taiwan
Pamela C. Rasmussen, Philip D. Round, Edward C. Dickinson, and F. G. Rozendaal
Postbreeding Movements of American Avocets and Implications for Wetland Connectivity in the Western Great Basin
Jonathan H. Plissner, Susan M. Haig, and Lewis W. Oring
Spacing Patterns, Mating Systems, and Winter Philopatry in Harlequin Ducks
Gregory J. Robertson, Fred Cooke, R. Ian Goudie, and W. Sean Boyd
A Critical Evaluation of Kenyon's Shag (phalacrocorax [stictocarbo] Kenyoni)
Sievert Rohwer, Christopher E. Filardi, Kimberly S. Bostwick, and A. Townsend Peterson
New World Nine-primaried Oscine Relationships: Constructing a Mitochondrial Dna Framework
John Klicka, Kevin P. Johnson, and Scott M. Lanyon
Brown-headed Cowbird Parasitism Results in a Sink Population in Warbling Vireos
David Ward and James N. Smith
Breeding Ecology and Nest-site Selection of Song Wrens in Central Panama
Tara R. Robinson, W. Douglas Robinson, and E. Ceinwen Edwards
Phylogenetic Relationships of Micronesian White-eyes Based on Mitochondrial Sequence Data
Beth Slikas, Isaac B. Jones, Scott R. Derrickson, and Robert C. Fleischer
Ornament Size and Symmetry: is the Tail a Reliable Signal of Male Quality in the Red-collared Widowbird?
Keith W. Goddard and Michael J. Lawes
Effects of Hematozoan Parasites on Condition and Return Rates of American Kestrels
Russell D. Dawson and Gary R. Bortolotti
Divergent Foraging Strategies of Two Neotropical Migrant Warblers: Implications for Winter Habitat Use
Allan M. Strong
A Double-observer Approach for Estimating Detection Probability and Abundance from Point Counts
James D. Nichols, James E. Hines, John R. Sauer, Frederick W. Fallon, Jane E. Fallon, and Patricia J. Heglund
Does Vertical Partitioning of Nest Sites Decrease Nest Predation?
Leonard R. Reitsma and Christopher J. Whelan
Rainfall, Fruiting Phenology, and the Nesting Season of White-crowned Pigeons in the Upper Florida Keys
G. Thomas Bancroft, Reed Bowman, and Richard J. Sawicki
Morphometric Variation as an Indicator of Genetic Interactions Between Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees at a Contact Zone in the Appalachian Mountains
Gene D. Sattler and Michael J. Braun
Nesting Success and Nest Predators in Forest Fragments: a Study Using Real and Artificial Nests
Liana Zanette and Bert Jenkins
Direct and Indirect Estimates of Peregrine Falcon Population Size in Northern Eurasia
J. L. Quinn and Y. Kokorev
Display Behaviors, Mechanical Sounds, and Evolutionary Relationships of the Club-winged Manakin (machaeropterus Deeiciosus)
Kimberly S. Bostwick
Life in the Slow Lane: Reproductive Life History of the White-browed Scrubwren, an Australian Endemic
Robert D. Magrath, Ashley W. Leedman, Janet L. Gardner, Anthony Giannasca, Anjeli C. Nathan, Stephen M. Yezerinac, and James A. Nicholls
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk
Short Communications
Migration Patterns in Male Great Bustards (otis Tarda)
Manuel B. Morales, Juan C. Alonso, Javier A. Alonso, and Enrique Martln
What Happens to Old Nests in Natural Cavities?
Tomasz Wesolowski
Natal Dispersal of Peregrine Falcons in Greenland
Marco Restani and William G. Mattox
Influence of Lipid and Uric Acid on Delta 13 C and Delta 15 N Values of Avian Blood: Implications for Trophic Studies
Stuart Bearhop, Mark A. Teece, Susan Waldron, and Robert W. Furness
Dive Depth and Diet of the Black-vented Shearwater (puffinus Opisthomelas)
Bradford S. Keitt, Donald A. Croll, and Bernie R. Tershy
Factors Affecting Interspecies Variation in Home-range Size of Raptors
M. Zachariah Peery
Stormy Seas for Some North American Songbirds: Are Declines Related to Severe Storms during Migration?
Robert W. Butler
Measurements of Diving Depth in Dovekies (alle Alle)
Knud Falk, Carsten Egevang Pedersen, and Kaj Kampp
Erratum: Zink Et Al (1999)
Robert M. Zink
Reviews
In Memoriam: Thomas Henry Manning, 1911-1998
J. Bruce Falls
The Evolution of Avian Breeding Systems
Tamas Szekely
Bull's Birds of New York State
Wayne R. Petersen
Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution, 2nd Edition
Andrew W. Douglas
Ecological Assembly Rules: Perspectives, Advances, Retreats
J. Stephen Brewer
John Gould the Bird Man: Correspondence Volume 1, through 1838
Jeffrey S. Marks
Hancock House Encyclopedia of the Lories
Dick Schroeder
Reviews
In Memoriam: Thomas Henry Manning, 1911-1998
J. Bruce Falls
The Evolution of Avian Breeding Systems
Tamas Szekely
Bull's Birds of New York State
Wayne R. Petersen
Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution, 2nd Edition
Andrew W. Douglas
Ecological Assembly Rules: Perspectives, Advances, Retreats
J. Stephen Brewer
John Gould the Bird Man: Correspondence Volume 1, through 1838
Jeffrey S. Marks
Hancock House Encyclopedia of the Lories
Dick Schroeder
Announcement
New Editor Selected
The Auk
Conservation Reports
Setting Conservation Priorities for Landbirds in the United States: the Partners in Flight Approach
Michael F. Carter, William C. Hunter, David N. Pashley, and Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Report of the Aou Conservation Committee on the Partners in Flight Species Prioritization Plan
Steven R. Beissinger, J. Michael Reed, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Scott K. Robinson, and Deborah M. Finch
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: E Otto Hohn, 1919-1997
David A. Boag