Contents
Dynamics of Bird Communities in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico
Ralph J. Raitt and Stuart L. Pimm
Mixed Species Flocks of Birds in Hill Forests in Ceylon
Linda Partridge and Ruth Ashcroft
Reproductive Behavior of the Yellow-billed Loon, Gavia Adamsii
S. Sjolander and G. Agren
Ferruginous Hawk Nesting Ecology and Raptor Populations in Northern South Dakota
John T. Lokemoen and Harold F. Duebbert
Colonial Breeding in the Barn Swallow (hirundo Rustica) and Its Adaptive Significance
Barbara Denniston Snapp
Survival and Mobility in a Population of Pacific Coast Song Sparrows (melospiza Melodia Gouldii)
Richard Halliburton and L. Richard Mewaldt
Pterylosis and Molt in Cassin's Finch
Fred B. Samson
Incubation Behavior of Ruddy and Maccoa Ducks
W. R. Siegfried, A. E. Burger, and P. J. Caldwell
A Critique of Interspecific Territoriality and Character Convergence
Bertram G. Murray Jr.
Short-time-base Studies of Turnover in Breeding Bird Populations on the California Channel Islands
H. Lee Jones and Jared M. Diamond
News and Notes
The Condor
Recent Publications
The Condor
The Bulletin Board
The Condor
Index to Volume 78
The Condor
Covers
Back Matter (PDF)
The Condor
Front Matter (PDF)
The Condor
Short Communications
Estimation of the Duration of Bird Molt
Stuart L. Pimm
More on Chicken-turkey-pheasant Resemblances
Gary D. Schnell and D. Scott Wood
Similarity of a Tyrant-flycatcher and a Silky-flycatcher: Not All Character Convergence is Competitive Mimicry
Edwin O. Willis
Geographical Ecology of the Common Species of Buteo and Parabuteo Wintering in North America
Carl E. Hock and Larry W. Lefthien
Growth of the Swainson's Hawk
James W. Parker
Recent Range Extensions of the Barred Owl in Western North America, Including the First Records for Oregon
Avery L. Taylor Jr. and Eric D. Forsman
Polygyny in the Western Wood Pewee
Robert C. Eckhardt
Cannibalism in the Pinon Jay
Russell Balda and Gary C. Bateman
Effects of Nasal Tufts and Nasal Respiration on Thermoregulation and Evaporative Water Loss in the Common Crow
Bruce A. Wunder and Joseph J. Trebella
Galapagos Mockingbird Pecks at Sea Lion Mouth
Stephen A. Trimble
Dominance Hierarchies in Winter Song Sparrows
Richard W. Knapton and John R. Kerbs
The Oxygen Consumption of the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (zonotrichia Leucophrys Oriantha) in Relation to Air Temperature
Catherine S. Maxwell and James R. King
Avian Endocrinology-field Investigations and Methods
John C. Wingfield and Donald S. Farner