THE CONDOR
Vol. 103, Number 2
May 2001
TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES

Pathogenicity, Serological Responses, and Diagnosis of Experimental and Natural Malarial Infections in Native Hawaiian Thrushes

209

CARTER T. ATKINSON, JULIE K. LEASE, BETH M. DRAKE AND NICHOLAS P. SHEMA

Radar-Based Monitoring of Marbled Murrelets

219

BRIAN A. COOPER, MARTIN G. RAPHAEL AND DIANE EVANS MACK

Provisioning Rate and Attendance Patterns of Wandering Albatrosses at Bird Island, South Georgia

230

SIMON D. BERROW AND JOHN P. CROXALL

Food Supply and the Consequences of Egg Size in the Thick-billed Murre

240

J. MARK HIPFNER, ANTHONY J. GASTON AND ANNE E. STOREY

Phylogenetic Relationships in Bearded Manakins (Pipridae: Manacus) Indicate that Male Plumage Color is a Misleading Taxonomic Marker

248

ROBB T. BRUMFIELD AND MICHAEL J. BRAUN

Movements, Habitat Use, and Survival of Nonbreeding Piping Plovers

259

KATHERINE R. DRAKE, JONATHAN E. THOMPSON, KIEL L. DRAKE AND CURT ZONICK

A Half-Century Comparison of Breeding Birds in the Southern Appalachians

268

J. CHRISTOPHER HANEY, DAVID S. LEE AND MARK WILBERT

Species Limits in Antbirds: The Thamnophilus punctatus Complex Continued

278

MORTON L. ISLER, PHYLLIS R. ISLER, BRET M. WHITNEY AND BARRY WALKER

Geographical Variation in the Calls of the Choughs

287

PAOLA LAIOLO, ANTONIO ROLANDO, ANNE DELESTRADE AND AUGUSTO DE SANCTIS

Lekking Behavior of the Round-tailed Manakin

298

JOSE G. TELLO

Habitat Preferences of Pinyon-Juniper Specialists near the Limit of their Geographic Range

322

DAVID C. PAVLACKY JR. AND STANLEY H. ANDERSON

Transect Surveys of Columbid Nests on Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra Islands

332

FRANK F. RIVERA-MILAN

Movement Patterns of Adult Male Ovenbirds during the Post-Fledging Period in Fragmented and Forested Boreal Landscapes

343

ERIN M. BAYNE AND KEITH A. HOBSON

Sex Ratios of Dunlin Wintering at Two Latitudes on the Pacific Coast

352

PHILIPPA C. F. SHEPHERD, DAVID B. LANK, BARRY D. SMITH, NILS WARNOCK, GARY W. KAISER AND TONY D. WILLIAMS

Factors Influencing Pair Territoriality in the Juniper Titmouse

361

BETH J. CHRISTMAN



SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Field Metabolism and Water Flux of Carolina Chickadees during Breeding and Nonbreeding Seasons: A Test of the "Peak-Demand" and "Reallocation" Hypotheses

370

PAUL F. DOHERTY JR., JOSEPH B. WILLIAMS AND THOMAS C. GRUBB JR.

Effect of Group Size on Field Metabolic Rate of Arabian Babblers Provisioning Nestlings

376

AVNER ANAVA, MICHAEL KAM, AMIRAM SHKOLNIK AND A. ALLAN DEGEN

Nonrandom Mating and Productivity of Adult and Subadult Cooper's Hawks

381

CLINT W. BOAL

Sex Ratio Bias at Hatching and Fledging in the Roseate Tern

385

PATRICIA SZCZYS, IAN C. T. NISBET, JEREMY J. HATCH AND RICHARD V. KESSELI

Vocal Mimicry in Distress Calls of Phainopeplas

389

MIYOKO CHU

Digestive Constraints and Nutrient Hydrolysis in Nestlings of Two Flamingo Species

396

PABLO SABAT, F. FERNANDO NOVOA AND MARIO PARADA

Effects of Anthropogenic Food Sources on Movements, Survivorship, and Sociality of Common Ravens in the Arctic

399

MARCO RESTANI, JOHN M. MARZLUFF AND RICHARD E. YATES

Species and Sex-Biased Predation on Hatchling Green Turtles by Frigatebirds on Europa Island, Western Indian Ocean

405

FRÉDÉRIC LAGARDE, MATTHIEU LE CORRE AND HERVÉ LORMEÉ

Post-Fledging Broods of Migratory Harlequin Ducks Accompany Females to Wintering Areas

408

HEIDI M. REGEHR, CYNDI M. SMITH, BRIAN ARQUILLA AND FRED COOKE

The Social Organization and Mating System of the Striated Grasswren

412

JORDAN KARUBIAN



COMMENTARY

Is Spizella taverneri a Species or a Subspecies?

418

ERNST MAYR AND NED K. JOHNSON

The Taxonomic Rank of Spizella taverneri: A Response to Mayr and Johnson

420

JOHN KLICKA, ROBERT M. ZINK, JON C. BARLOW, W. BRUCE MCGILLIVRAY AND TERRY DOYLE



BOOK REVIEWS

Important Bird Areas in Kenya, by L. Bennun and P. Njoroge

423

THOMAS BROOKS

Important Bird Areas in Europe. Priority Sites for Conservation, edited by Melanie F. Heath and Michael J. Evans

424

HECTOR GALBRAITH

Birding in the American West, by Kevin J. Zimmer

425

GUY MCCASKIE

Birds of Delaware, by Gene K. Hess, Richard L. West, Maurice V. Barnhill III, and Lorraine M. Fleming

426

BRUCE PETERJOHN