THE CONDOR
Vol. 103, Number 1
February 2001
TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES

Comparative Phylogeography of Some Aridland Bird Species

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ROBERT M. ZINK, ANN E. KESSEN, THERESA V. LINE AND RACHELLE C. BLACKWELL-RAGO

Using Hydrogen Isotope Geochemistry to Estimate the Natal Latitudes of Immature Cooper's Hawks Migrating Through the Florida Keys

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TIMOTHY D. MEEHAN, CASEY A. LOTT, ZACHARY D. SHARP, RUTH B. SMITH, ROBERT N. ROSENFIELD, ANDREW C. STEWART AND ROBERT K. MURPHY

Importance of the Supratidal Habitats for Maintaining Overwintering Shorebird Populations: How Redshanks Use Tidal Mudflats and Adjacent Saltworks in Southern Europe

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JOSÉ A. MASERO AND ALEJANDRO PÉREZ-HURTADO

Nonbreeding Habitat Selection and Foraging Behavior of the Black-throated Green Warbler Complex in Southeastern Mexico

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RUSSELL GREENBERG, CLAUDIA ELIA GONZALES, PETER BICHIER AND ROBERT REITSMA

Foraging Success and Foraging Habitat Use by Cattle Egrets and Little Egrets in the Camargue, France

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KATIA LOMBARDINI, ROBERT E. BENNETTS AND CHRISTOPHE TOURENQ

Seasonal Fluctuations of Birds, Fruits, and Flowers in a Subtropical Forest of Argentina

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LUCIO R. MALIZIA

Lilac-crowned Parrot Diet and Food Resource Availability: Resource Tracking by a Parrot Seed Predator

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KATHERINE RENTON

Diet and Hunting Behavior of the Crane Hawk in Tikal National Park, Guatemala

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JASON SUTTER, WALTER E. MARTÍNEZ A., FRANCISCO OLIVA T., NERY OSWALDO J. AND DAVID F. WHITACRE

A New Specimen of the Tiny Middle Eocene Bird Gracilitarsus mirabilis (New Family: Gracilitarsidae)

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GERALD MAYR

Does Risk of Nest Failure or Adult Predation Influence Hatching Patterns of the Green-rumped Parrotlet?

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SCOTT H. STOLESON AND STEVEN R. BEISSINGER

Reproductive Biology of Sabine's Gull in the Canadian Arctic

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IAIN J. STENHOUSE, H. GRANT GILCHRIST AND WILLIAM A MONTEVECCHI

Contrasting Brood Sizes in Common and Arctic Terns: The Roles of Food Provisioning Rates and Parental Brooding

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JAMES A. ROBINSON, KEITH C. HAMER AND LORRAINE S. CHIVERS

Post-Fledging Dispersal of Burrowing Owls in Southwestern Idaho: Characterization of Movements and Use of Satellite Burrows

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R. ANDREW KING AND JAMES R. BELTHOFF

Effects of Brown-headed Cowbirds on the Nesting Success of Chipping Sparrows in Southwest Colorado

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CATHERINE P. ORTEGA AND JOSEPH C. ORTEGA

Repertoire, Structure, and Individual Distinctiveness of Thick-billed Murre Calls

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KARA LEFEVRE, ANTHONY J. GASTON AND ROBERT MONTGOMERIE

Do Woodpecker Drums Encode Information for Species Recognition?

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DANIELLE J. DODENHOFF, ROBERT D. STARK AND ERIC V. JOHNSON

Male Badge Size Predicts Dominance Against Females in House Sparrows

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ANDRÁS LIKER AND ZOLTÁN BARTA



SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Extra-Pair Paternity in the Common Murre

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TIM R. BIRKHEAD, BEN J. HATCHWELL, ROBERT LINDNER, DONALD BLOMQVIST, E. JAYNE PELLATT, RICHARD GRIFFITHS AND JAN T. LIFJELD

Aggressive Nest Intrusions by Male Humboldt Penguins

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SABRINA S. TAYLOR, MARTY L. LEONARD AND DARYL J. BONESS

Female Responses to Intraspecific Brood Parasitism in the Tree Swallow

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LINDA A. WHITTINGHAM AND PETER O. DUNN

Context and Frequency of Infanticide in the Communally Breeding Guira Cuckoo

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REGINA H. F. MACEDO, MARIANA CARIELLO AND LAURA MUNIZ

Daily Energy Expenditure of Nestling Bald Eagles in Northern Wisconsin

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CHERYL R. DYKSTRA, WILLIAM H. KARASOV, MICHAEL W. MEYER AND D. KEITH WARNKE

Differences in Depredation by Small Predators Limit the Use of Clay and Zebra Finch Eggs in Artificial-Nest Studies

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THOMAS J. MAIER AND RICHARD M. DEGRAAF

Assessing Raptor Diet: Comparing Pellets, Prey Remains, and Observational Data at Hen Harrier Nests

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STEPHEN M. REDPATH, ROGER CLARKE, MIKE MADDERS AND SIMON J. THIRGOOD

Size Characteristics of Stones Ingested by Common Loons

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J. CHRISTIAN FRANSON, SCOTT P. HANSEN, MARK A. POKRAS AND ROSE MICONI

Accipiter Predation of American Redstart Nestlings

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CYNTHIA A. MCCALLUM AND SUSAN J. HANNON

Egg Size, Body Size, Locomotion, and Feeding Performance in Captive King Eider Ducklings

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VANESSA R. ANDERSON AND RAY T. ALISAUSKAS



BOOK REVIEWS

The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines, by Richard Schodde and Ian J. Mason

200

NED K. JOHNSON

Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds, by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliot, and Jordi Sargatal, eds.

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KEVIN J. BURNS

National Audubon Society Birder's Handbook, by Stephen W. Kress

201

PHILIP R. PRYDE

Working Bibliography of Cuckoos and Turacos of the World, by Johannes Erritzoe, with contributions by Oscar van Rootselaar

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JUAN JOSÉ SOLER AND MANUEL SOLER

FROM THE EDITOR

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NEWS AND NOTES

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INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS

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