Contents
The Avifauna of the Tres Marias Islands, Mexico
Kenneth E. Stager
Notes on the Courtship Behavior of the King Rail
Brooke Meanley
The Beard of the Wild Turkey
A. W. Schorger
Analysis of Mass Bird Mortality in October, 1954
David W. Johnston and T. P. Haines
Food and Feeding Habits of the Scaups in Connecticut Waters
John M. Cronan Jr.
Field Observations Pertaining to the Systematic Status of the Great White Heron in the Florida Keys
Andrew J. Meyerriecks
Radioiodine: a Method for Measuring Thyroid Activity
Barbara A. Fink
Recent Literature
The Auk
Notes and News
The Auk
Index to Volume 74
The Auk
General Notes
Observations on Gnatcatcher Range Extension
George E. Grube
Incubation Period of the Sora Rail
Lawrence H. Walkinshaw
The Rediscovery of Tangavius Armenti (cabanis)
Herbert Friedmann
Great Black-backed Gull (larus Marinus)
Stanley Cobb
The Juvenal Plumages of the Finch Genera Atlapetes and Pipilo
Kenneth C. Parkes
Transplantation of a Shrike Pair
Frances Hamerstrom
The Bahaman Nighthawk (chordeiles Minor Vicinus) on the Florida Keys
Donald J. Nicholson
The Hybrid Origin of Chlorophanes Purpurascens
Robert W. Storer
The Yellow-headed Turkey Vulture in Surinam
F. Haverschmidt
Eastern Glossy Ibis Nesting in Southeastern Maryland
Robert E. Stewart
Unusual Flight Behavior of Blue and Snow Geese
Ronald F. Labisky
Records of Longevity in Canada Geese
Clayton H. Douville and Charles E. Friley Jr.
Touit Huetii (temminck) from Brazil
Helmut Sick
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk