Contents
Nest Initiation and Clutch Size of Great Blue Herons on the Mississippi River in Relation to the 1993 Flood
Thomas W. Custer, Randy K. Hines, and Christine M. Custer
Status and Trends of Loon Populations Summering in Alaska, 1971-1993
Deborah J. Groves, Bruce Conant, Rodney J. King, John I. Hodges, and James G. King
Seasonal Variation in Diurnal and Nocturnal Distributions of Nonbreeding Shorebirds at North Humboldt Bay, California
Sarah L. Dodd and Mark A. Colwell
Breeding Biology of the Dolphin Gull at Punta Tombo, Argentina
Pablo Yorio, P. Dee Boersma, and Scott Swann
Molt of Cory's Shearwater during the Breeding Season
L. R. Monteiro and R. W. Furness
Serial Descendant Primary Molt or Staffelmauser in Black-crowned Night-herons
Gary W. Shugart and Sievert Rohwer
The Effect of Supplemental Food on Body Condition and the Timing of Reproduction in a Cooperative Breeder, the Florida Scrub-jay
Stephan J. Schoech
Unsuitability of the House Finch as a Host of the Brown-headed Cowbird
Daniel R. Kozlovic, Richard W. Knapton, and Jon C. Barlow
Differential Reproductive Success of Brown-headed Cowbirds with Northern Cardinals and Three Other Hosts
David M. Scott and Robert E. Lemon
The Effect of Magpie Breeding Density and Synchrony on Brood Parasitism by Great Spotted Cuckoos
J. G. Martinez, M. Soler, and J. J. Soler
Complete Migration Cycle of Golden Eagles Breeding in Northern Quebec
Serge Brouder, Robert Decarie, David M. Bird, and Mark Fuller
Paternal Care in the Cooperatively Polyandrous Galapagos Hawk
Linda S. Delay, John Faaborg, Jenny Naranjo, Sara M. Paz, Tjitte De Vries, and Patricia G. Parker
Aspects of the Life History and Foraging Ecology of the Endangered Akiapolaau
C. John Ralph and Steven G. Fancy
Brown Noddy Chick Predation by Great Frigatebirds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Jennifer Lynn Megyesi and Curtice R. Griffin
Causes of Hatching Failure in the Pied Flycatcher
Jaime Potti and Santiago Merino
Bird Communities of Northern Forests: Patterns of Diversity and Abundance
Mary F. Willson and Tallchief A. Comet
Bird Communities of Northern Forests: Ecological Correlates of Diversity and Abundance in the Understory
Mary F. Willson and Tallchief A. Comet
Build-up of Red Blood Cells in Refuelling Bar-tailed Godwits in Relation to Individual Migratory Quality
Theunis Piersma, Jan M. Everaarts, and Joof Jukema
Geographic Variation in Metabolic Seasonal Acclimatization in House Finches
Timothy P. O'Connor
The Influence of Weather, Geography, and Habitat on Migrating Raptors on Cape May Peninsula
Lawrence J. Niles, Joanna Burger, and Kathleen E. Clark
A Ten-year Study of the Stopover Patterns of Migratory Passerines during Fall Migration on Appledore Island, Maine
Sara R. Morris, David W. Holmes, and Milo E. Richmond
News and Notes
The Condor
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Front Matter (PDF)
The Condor
Commentary
Short Communications
Sperm Transfer in the Adelie Penguin
F. M. Hunter, L. S. Davis, and G. D. Miller
Lack of Sperm Storage by Female Migrants and the Significance of Copulations En Route
James V. Briskie
Nuptial Vocalizations of Male Least Seedsnipe: Structure Nd Evolutinary Significance
Edward H. Miller
Florida Scrub-jay Forages on Back of White-tailed Deer
John W. Fitzpatrick and Glen E. Woolpended
The Use of Thermal Refugia by Two Small Desert Birds
Blair O. Wolf, Kenneth M. Wooden, and Glenn E. Walsberg
Egg Laying in Dusky Flycatchers and White-crowned Sparrows
Suzanne D. Oppenheimer, Maria E. Pereyra, and Martin L. Morton
Egg-capping and Eggshell Removal by Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers
Brett K. Sandercock
Nesting Phenology of Kittlitz's Murrelet
Robert H. Day
Geographic Variation in Size of Female Wild Rock Doves
Richard F. Johnston
Historical Perspectives
Bird Migration: Methodologies and Major Research Trajectories (1945-1995)
Sidney A. Gauthreaux Jr.