Contents
The Sequence of Molts and Plumages in Painted Buntings and Implications for Theories of Delayed Plumage Maturation
Christopher W. Thompson
Mortality of Seabirds in the Japanese Land-based Gillnet Fishery for Salmon
Anthony R. Degange and Robert H. Day
Human Activity Influence and Diurnal and Nocturnal Foraging of Sanderlings (calidris Alba)
Joanna Burger and Michael Gochfeld
Distribution and Abundance of Large Sandhill Cranes, Grus Canadensis, Wintering in California's Central Valley
Thomas H. Pogson and Susan M. Lindstedt
The Effect of Floral Abundance on Feeder Censuses of Hummingbird Populations
David W. Inouye, William A. Calder, and Nickolas M. Waser
Calcium Supplements in the Diet of Nestling Tree Swallows near Acid Sensitive Lakes
Vincent L. Louis and Loes Breebaart
Allozyme Divergence and Phylogenetic Relationships Within the Strigiformes
Ettore Randi, Gea Fusco, Rita Lorenzini, and Fernando Spina
Relationships among the Australo-papuan Parrots, Lorikeets, and Cockatoos (aves: Psittaciformes): Protein Evidence
L. Christidis, R. Schodde, D. D. Shaw, and S. F. Maynes
Mitochondrial Dna Variation, Population Structure, and Evolution of the Common Grackle (quiscalus Quiscula)
Robert M. Zink, William L. Rootes, and Donna L. Dittmann
Discovery and Observations of Two Tree Nests of the Marbled Murrelet
Steven W. Singer, Nancy L. Naslund, Stephanie A. Singer, and C. John Ralph
Foraging Efficiency of Parent Juncos and Their Young
Wesley W. Weathers and Kimberly A. Sullivan
Reproductive Endocrinology and Mechanisms of Breeding Inhibition in Cooperatively Breeding Florida Scrub Jays (aphelocoma C. Coerulescens)
Stephan J. Schoech, Ronald L. Mumme, and Michael C. Moore
Nest Departure Calls in Female Songbirds
Mary Victoria Mcdonald and Russell Greenberg
Partial Migration and Differential Winter Distribution of House Finches in the Eastern United States
James R. Belthoff and Sidney A. Gauthreaux
Geographical Variation of the Plumage Polymorphism in the Eastern Reef Heron (egretta Sacra)
Singi Itoh
Sex Differences in Reproductive Behavior of Atlantic Puffins
E. Creelman and A. E. Storey
Differences in Distribution of Breeding, Nonbreeding, and Migrant Bald Eagles on the Northern Chesapeake Bay
David A. Buehler, Timothy J. Mersmann, James D. Fraser, and Janis K. Seegar
Songs of the Japanese Population of the Winter Wren (troglodytes Troglodytes)
Donald E. Kroodsma and Hiroshi Momose
Pair Copulations, Extra-pair Copulations, and Intraspecific Nest Intrusions in Merlin
Navjot S. Sodhi
Acorn Preference of Urban Blue Jays (cyanocitta Cristata) during Fall and Spring in Northwestern Arkansas
Todd L. Scarlett and Kimberly G. Smith
News and Notes
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Front Matter (PDF)
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Commentary
Population Estimates of the Black-capped Vireo
J. Michael Scott and Edward O. Garton
Reply to Scott and Garton
Robert H. Benson and Karen L. Benson
Short Communications
Nest and Eggs of the Strip-backed Antbird (myrmorchilus Strigilatus)
Sandra M. Caziani and Jorge J. Protomastro
Eggs, Nests, and Nest-building Behavior of the Large-footed Finch (pezopetes Capitalis) in Costa Rica)
Nedra K. Klein, Manuel Marin A., Thomas S. Schulenberg, and Lloyd F. Kiff
Geographic Variation in the Ontogeny of Beak Coloration of Gray-breasted Jays (aphelocoma Ultramarina)
A. Townsend Peterson
The Effects of Supplemental Food on Nest Dispersion in Black-billed Magpies
Eric Stone and Charles H. Trost
Infanticide in Female Tree Swallows: a Role for Sexual Selection
Andrew A. Chek and Raleigh J. Robertson
Laying Red-cockaded Woodpeckers Cache Bone Fragments
Richard R. Repasky, Roberta J. Blue, and Phillip D. Doerr
Ash-throated Flycatchers (myiarchus Cinerascens) Raise Mountain Bluebird (sialia Currucoides) Young
Janice L. Simpkin and Alan A. Gubanich
Comments on Estimating Total Body Lipids from Measures of Lean Mass
John M. Morton, Roy L. Kirkpatrick, and Eric P. Smith