Contents
Vocal Dialects and Their Possible Relation to Honest Status Signalling in the Brown-headed Cowbird
Stephen I. Rothstein and Robert C. Fleischer
Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of the Maui Parrotbill
Stephen Mountainspring
Antipredator Behavior and Breeding Success in Greater Golden-plover and Eurasian Dotterel
Ingvar Byrkjedal
On the Composition of Bird Eggs
P. R. Sotherland and H. Rahn
Habitat Use by Mountain Quail in Northern California
Leonard A. Brennan, William M. Block, and R. J. Gutierrez
Songs of the Cocos Flycatcher; Vocal Behavior of a Suboscine on an Isolated Oceanic Island
Donald E. Kroodsma, Victoria A. Ingalls, Thomas W. Sherry, and Tracey K. Werner
Breeding Ecology of the Hawaii Common Amakihi
Charles Van Riper III
Effects of Variation in Food Quality on the Breeding Territoriality of the Male Anna's Hummingbird
Donald R. Powers
Sperm Competition After Sequential Mating in the Ringed Turtle-dove
M. Eleanor Sims, Gregory F. Ball, and Mei-Fang Cheng
Handling of Pinyon Pine Seed by the Clark's Nutcracker
L. Scott Johnson, John M. Marzluff, and Russell P. Balda
Daily Energy Expenditure and Energy Utilization of Free-ranging Black-legged Kittiwakes
Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Fridtjof Mehlum, and Kenneth A. Nagy
Vocal Mimicry in the Epaulet Oriole
Rosendo M. Fraga
Attendants at Tree Swallow Nests. Ii. the Exploratory-dispersal Hypothesis
Michael P. Lombardo
The Distribution of the Birds of California
Joseph Grinnell and Alden H. Miller
Body Morphometrics and Molt of Bonaparte's Gulls in the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick, Canada
Birgit M. Braune
Seasonal Foraging Specialization in the Worm-eating Warbler
Russell Greenberg
Migration and Mortality of Alberta Ferruginous Hawks
Joseph K. Schmutz and Richard W. Fyfe
Book Reviews
March F. Lawton
News and Notes
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Editor's Note
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Reviewers for Volume 88
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Information for Contributors
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Cooper Ornithological Society
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Covers
Back Matter (PDF)
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Front Matter (PDF)
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Short Communications
Nest-defense Behavior of the American Crow in Urban and Rural Areas
Richard L. Knight, Daniel J. Grout, and Stanley A. Temple
Acorn Woodpecker Predation on Cliff Swallow Nests
Eric D. Fajer, Karen J. Schmidt, and Jami G. Eschler
Extra Adults at the Nest in Barn Swallows
Mandy M. Medwin, Michael D. Beecher, and Sandy J. Andelman
Delayed Breeding in Yearling Maloe Grouse: an Evaluation of Two Hypotheses
Richard A. Lewis and Lan G. Jamieson
Pyramiding Behavior in the Inca Dove; Adaptive Aspects of Day-night Differences
Paul B. Robertson and Ann F. Schnapf
Seasonal Changes in Bill Length in Summering Mountain White-crowned Sparrows
Martin L. Morton and Galen A. Morton
Foraging Behavior of Bark-foraging Birds in the Sierra Nevada
Michael L. Morrison, Kimberly A. With, Irene C. Timossi, William M. Block, and Kathleen A. Milne
Report of the Scientific Advisory Panel on the Spotted Owl
William R. Dawson, J. David Ligon, Joseph R. Murphy, J. P. Myers, Daniel Simberloff, and Jared Verner