Contents
Reviewers for the Auk, 2000
The Auk
Index to Volume 117
Alison E. H. Perkins
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk
Short Communications
High Migratory Fuel Loads Impair Predator Evasion in Sedge Warblers
Cecilia Kullberg, Sven Jakobsson, and Thord Fransson
Versatility from a Single Song: the Case of the Nightingale Wren
Daniel W. Leger, Katherine E. Brooks, and Judith E. O'Brien
Molecular Evidence for Extrapair Paternity and Female-female Pairs in Antarctic Petrels
Svein-Hakon Lorentsen, Trond Amundsen, Kristin Anthonisen, and Jan T. Lifjeld
Effects of Time of Sampling on Oocyst Detection and Effects of Age and Experimentally Elevated Testosterone on Prevalence of Coccidia in Male Dark-eyed Juncos
Stephen P. Hudman, Ellen D. Ketterson, and Val Nolan
Identification of the Extinct Hawaiian Eagle (haliaeetus) by Mtdna Sequence Analysis
Robert C. Fleischer, Storrs L. Olson, Helen F. James, and Alan C. Cooper
Are Nest Predation and Brood Parasitism Correlated in Yellow Warblers? a Test of the Cowbird Predation Hypothesis
Celia M. Mclaren and Spencer G. Sealy
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: a Possible Cost of Promiscuity in Birds?
Aldo Poiani and Colin Wilks
Seasonal Decline in Nestling Growth: Support for the Parental-quality Hypothesis in Cassin's Auklets
Yolanda E. Morbey and Ronald C. Ydenberg
Major Divisions in Oscines Revealed by Insertions in the Nuclear Gene C-myc: a Novel Gene in Avian Phylogenetics
Per G. Ericson, Ulf S. Johansson, and Thomas J. Parsons
Specialized Extrapair Mating Display in Western Bluebirds
Janis L. Dickinson, Ken Kraaijeveld, and Femmie Smit-Kraaijeveld
Commentary
A Quick Fix for Figure Legends and Table Headings
Donald E. Knoodsma
Reviews
The Origin and Evolution of Birds, 2nd Edition
Walter J. Bock
The Giant Canada Goose, Revised Edition
James S. Sedinger
Birds of Bolivia, 20
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Where to Watch Birds in Australasia and Oceania
Don Roberson
Birding in the American West: a Handbook
W. Marvin Davis
Chasing Warblers
Sandra Walsh-Papalia
Reviews
The Origin and Evolution of Birds, 2nd Edition
Walter J. Bock
The Giant Canada Goose, Revised Edition
James S. Sedinger
Birds of Bolivia, 20
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Where to Watch Birds in Australasia and Oceania
Don Roberson
Birding in the American West: a Handbook
W. Marvin Davis
Chasing Warblers
Sandra Walsh-Papalia
Announcement
New Editor Selected
The Auk
Conservation Report
The Aou Conservation Committee Review of the Biology, Status, and Management of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows: Final Report
Jeffrey R. Walters, Steven R. Beissinger, John W. Fitzpatrick, Russell Greenberg, James D. Nichols, H. Ronald Pulliam, and David W. Winkler
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Lars Von Haartman, 1919-1998
Martti Soikkeli
In Memoriam: Biswamoy Biswas, 1923-1994
Ernst Mayr
In Memoriam: Ernst Sutter, 1914-1999
Raffael Winkler and Luc Schifferli
In Memoriam: Colonel Jack Vincent, 1904-1999
John Vincent
Overview
A New Sense of the Complexities of Bird Song
R. Haven Wiley
Articles
Systematic Revision and Biogeography of the Herpsilochmus Pileatus Complex, with Description of a New Species from Northeastern Brazil
Bret M. Pacheco, Dante R. Buzzetti, and Ricardo Parrini
Egg Rejection by Cowbird Hosts in Grasslands
Brian D. Peer, Scott K. Robinson, and James R. Herkert
Is Reproduction by Tree Swallows Cost Free?
Michael T. Murphy, Brian Armbrecth, Ekaterini Vlamis, and Aaron Pierce
Clearcut Stand Size and Scrub-successional Bird Assemblages
David G. Krementz and Jeffrey S. Christie
Demography of Bell's Vireos in Missouri Grassland-shrub Habitats
Joel M. Budnik, Mark R. Ryan, and Frank R. Thompson III
Geographic Variation in the Organization of Song Sparrow Repertoires
Susan Peters, William A. Searcy, Michael D. Beecher, and Stephen Nowicki
Use of Lice to Identify Cowbird Hosts
D. Caldwell Hahn, Roger D. Price, and Peter C. Osenton
Effects of Coccidial and Mycoplasmal Infections on Carotenoid-based Plumage Pigmentation in Male House Finches
William R. Brawner III, Geoffrey E. Hill, and Christine A. Sundermann
Nutrient Reserves and Clutch-size Regulation of Northern Shovelers in Alaska
Margaret C. Maccluskie and James S. Sedinger
Parental Correlates of Offspring Sex Ratio in Eurasian Oystercatchers
D. Heg, N. J. Dlngemanse, C. M. Lessells, and A. C. Mateman
Possible Effects of Pcb Contamination on Female Plumage Color and Reproductive Success in Hudson River Tree Swallows
John P. Mccarty and Anne L. Sncord
The Role of Development, Parental Behavior, and Nestmate Competition in Fledging of Nestling Tree Swallows
Trista Michaud and Marty Leonard
Mitochondrial Dna Phylogeny and Speciation in the Tragopans
Ettore Randi, Vittorio Lucchini, Tara Armijo-Prewitt, Rebecca T. Kimball, Edward L. Braun, and J. David Ligon
Diet and Postnatal Growth in Red-legged and Black-legged Kittiwakes: an Interspecies Cross-fostering Experiment
Brian K. Lance and Daniel D. Roby