Contents
Polygyny in the Dickcissel
John L. Zimmerman
A Continentwide View of Bird Migration on Four Nights in October
George H. Lowery Jr. and Robert J. Newman
Molt of Primaries of Adult Rock Ptarmigan in Central Alaska
Robert B. Weeden
Effects of Water Deprivation and Sodium Chloride on the Blood and Urine of the Mourning Dove
Michael Smyth and George A. Bartholomew
Nutrition of Willow Ptarmigan in Northern Alaska
George C. West and Martha S. Meng
Lean Dry Weight and Water Balance in Slate-colored Juncos
R. B. Farrar Jr.
A Nesting Study of the Starling near Guelph, Ontario
V. Bruce Collins and Antoon De Vos
A Review of Some Aspects of Avian Field Ethology
Robert W. Ficken and Millicent S. Ficken
Special Review
Charles Vaurie
Recent Literature
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Notes and News
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Presidential Statement
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Obituaries
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Corrigenda
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Index to Volume 83
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General Notes
A Record of Elaenia Martinica for Western Puerto Rico
Wesley E. Lanyon
Hummingbird Caught by Sparrow Hawk
Ernst Mayr
Molting Gadwall (anas Strepera) in Louisiana
Robert H. Chabreck
Precise Location of Leicus Creek, Nicaragua, as a Type Locality
Thomas R. Howell
Field Sparrow Sings Chipping Sparrow Song
L. L. Short Jr.
Polygamy among Swamp Sparrows
Mary F. Willson
Xanthochroism in a Cape May Warbler
Gary D. Schnell and Larry D. Caldwell
Mid-winter Nesting of the American Robin in Western Pennsylvania
Andrew J. Berger
Western Kingbird and Inca Dove in Costa Rica
Alexander F. Skutch
First Specimen of the Long-tailed Jaeger from the Northern Gulf Coast
Angelo W. Palmisano Jr. and Sidney A. Gauthreaux Jr.
Telemetric Observations of a Robin (turdus Migratorius)
Richard R. Graber and Steven L. Wunderle
Predator-induced Parental Neglect in a Ring-billed Gull Colony
John T. Emlen, Don E. Miller, Roger M. Evans, and David H. Thompson
Dovekie on Little Diomede Island, Alaska
W. J. Breckenridge
Wandering Onto the Eastern Pacific Ocean of an Eastern North American Land Bird, the Bay-breasted Warbler
Carl L. Hubbs and Richard C. Banks
Covers
Front Matter
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Back Matter
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