Contents
The Occupation of Small Islands by Passerine Birds
Douglass H. Morse
Notes on the Taxonomy of Vultures
Dean Amadon
Taxonomic Distribution, Origin, and Evolution of Bilateral Scratching in Ground-feeding Birds
Jon S. Greenlaw
The Molt of the American Goldfinch
A. L. A. Middleton
The Annual Cycle of White-crowned Sparrows (zonotrichia Leucophrys Nuttalli) in Coastal California
L. Richard Mewaldt and James R. King
Urban Cemeteries as Bird Refuges
John Lussenhop
The Feeding Ecology and Behavior of Five Species of Herons in Southeastern New Jersey
David E. Willard
Breeding of the Common Eider (somateria Mollissima) on the Beaufort Sea Coast of Alaska
Douglas Schamel
Distribution and Density of Black Rail Populations along the Lower Colorado River
Charles F. Repking and Robert D. Ohmart
Recent Publications
The Condor
News and Notes
The Condor
The Bulletin Board
The Condor
Index to Volume 79
The Condor
Covers
Back Matter (PDF)
The Condor
Front Matter (PDF)
The Condor
Short Communications
Temporal Range Extension of Neophrontops Americanus(accipitridae)
Patricia Vickers Rich
Prey of Bat Hawks and Availability of Bats
M. B. Fenton, D. H. M. Cumming, and D. J. Oxley
Reproducibility of Hybrid Index Scores
Kendall W. Corbin and George F. Barrowclough
Olfaction in Snow Petrels
Pierre Jouventin
Tree-nesting Peregrine Falcons in British Columbia
R. Wayne Campbell, Marilyn A. Paul, Michael S. Rodway, and Harry R. Carter
Great Blue Herons Interrupt Nest-guarding to Drink
Helen M. Pratt
Foods of Juvenile, Brood Hen, and Post-breeding Pintails in North Dakota
Gary L. Krapu and George A. Swanson
Ticks as a Factor in Nest Desertion of California Brown Pelicans
Kirke A. King, James O. Keith, Christine A. Mitchell, and James E. Keirans
Bull Snake Preys on Rough-winged Swallow Nest
Louis B. Best