THE CONDOR
Vol. 103, Number 3
August 2001
TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES

Morphological Heritability in a Hybrid Bunting Complex: Nesospiza at Inaccessible Island

429


PETER G. RYAN

Genetic Structuring among Migratory Populations of the Black-whiskered Vireo, with a Comparison to the Red-eyed Vireo

439


PATRICK W. ZWARTJES

Attenuated Outer Primaries in Pigeons and Doves: a Comparative Test Fails to Support the Flight Performance Hypothesis

449


BETTINA MAHLER AND PABLO LUIS TUBARO

Winter Site Fidelity of Prairie Warblers in the Dominican Republic

455


STEVEN C. LATTA AND JOHN FAABORG

Time Allocation and Foraging Pattern of Chick-Rearing Razorbills in Northwest Iceland

469


LUIGI DALL'ANTONIA, GUDMUNDUR A. GUDMUNDSSON AND SILVANO BENVENUTI

Effect of Instrument Attachment and Other Factors on Foraging Trip Duration and Nesting Success of Adélie Penguins

481


GRANT BALLARD, DAVID G. AINLEY, CHRISTINE A. RIBIC AND KERRY R. BARTON

Reproductive Success of Lewis's Woodpecker in Burned Pine and Cottonwood Riparian Forests

491


VICTORIA A. SAAB AND KERRI T. VIERLING

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Nest Success of Snail Kites in Florida: a Meta-Analysis

502


VICTORIA J. DREITZ, ROBERT E. BENNETTS, BRIAN TOLAND, WILEY M. KITCHENS AND MICHAEL W. COLLOPY

Reproductive Success of Water Pipits in an Alpine Environment

510


KURT BOLLMAN AND HEINZ-ULRICH REYER

Number of Close Spatial and Temporal Neighbors Decreases the Probability of Nest Failure and Shiny Cowbird Parasitism in Colonial Yellow-winged Blackbirds

521


VIVIANA MASSONI AND JUAN CARLOS REBOREDA

Does Habitat Fragmentation Influence Nest Predation in the Shortgrass Prairie?

530


MELISSA N. HOWARD, SUSAN K. SKAGEN AND PATRICIA L. KENNEDY

Nesting and Reproductive Activities of Greater Sage-Grouse in a Declining Northern Fringe Population

537


CAMERON L. ALDRIDGE AND R. MARK BRIGHAM

How General is the Central-Periphery Distribution among Seabird Colonies? Nest Spatial Pattern in the European Shag

544


ALBERTO VELANDO AND JUAN FREIRE

Life History Implications of Complete and Incomplete Primary Molts in Pelagic Cormorants

555


CHRISTOPHER E. FILARDI AND SIEVERT ROHWER

Covariation of Clutch Size, Laying Date, and Incubation Tendency in the American Kestrel

570


KEITH W. SOCKMAN AND HUBERT SCHWABL

Ptilochronology Reveals Differences in Condition of Captive White-throated Sparrows

579


KENDELL D. JENKINS, DANA M. HAWLEY, CHRISTOPHER S. FARABAUGH AND DANIEL A. CRISTOL

Female Condition: a Predictor of Hatching Synchrony in the House Wren?

587


LISA A. ELLIS, JOHN D. STYRSKY, ROBERT C. DOBBS AND CHARLES F. THOMPSON

Variations in Calcium Use by Birds during the Breeding Season

592


ANDRÉ A. DHONDT AND WESLEY M. HOCHACHKA

Predicting Species' Geographic Distributions Based on Ecological Niche Modeling

599


A. TOWNSEND PETERSON

Influence of Military Activities on Raptor Abundance and Behavior

606


LINDA S. SCHUECK, JOHN M. MARZLUFF AND KAREN STEENHOF



SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Passive Interference Competition by Glaucous-winged Gulls on Black-legged Kittiwakes: a Cost of Feeding in Flocks

616


JOHN M. MANISCALCO, WILLIAM D. OSTRAND, ROBERT M. SURYAN AND DAVID B. IRONS

Organochlorine Concentrations and Eggshell Thickness in Failed Eggs of the California Clapper Rail from South San Francisco Bay

620


STEVEN E. SCHWARZBACH, JOHN D. HENDERSON, CARMEN M. THOMAS AND JOY D. ALBERTSON

Passerine Densities in Riparian Forests of Southeast Alaska: Potential Effects of Anadromous Spawning Salmon

624


SCOTT M. GENDE AND MARY F. WILLSON

Bivouac Checking, a Novel Behavior Distinguishing Obligate from Opportunistic Species of Army-Ant-Following Birds

629


MONICA BETH SWARTZ

Foraging before Spring Migration and before Breeding in Common Eiders: Does Hyperphagia Occur?

633


MAGELLA GUILLEMETTE

Nest Desertion and Apparent Nest Protection Behavior by Bell's Vireos in Response to Cowbird Parasitism

639


JOEL M. BUDNIK, DIRK E. BURHANS, MARK R. RYAN AND FRANK R. THOMPSON III

Movements and Survival of Lark Bunting Fledglings

643


AMY A. YACKEL ADAMS, SUSAN K. SKAGEN AND ROD D. ADAMS

The Function of Displays of Male Rufous Hummingbirds

647


T. ANDREW HURLY, RENÉE D. SCOTT AND SUSAN D. HEALY

Correlation of Red-shouldered Hawk Abundance and Macrohabitat Characteristics in Southern Ohio

652


CHERYL R. DYKSTRA, F. BERNARD DANIEL, JEFFREY L. HAYS AND MELINDA M. SIMON

Occurrence of Greater Sage-Grouse X Sharp-tailed Grouse Hybrids in Alberta

657


CAMERON L. ALDRIDGE, SARA J. OYLER-MCCANCE AND R. MARK BRIGHAM



COMMENTARY


Some Considerations on the Use of Ecological Models to Predict Species' Geographic Distributions

661


BRUCE G. PETERJOHN



BOOK REVIEWS


A Guide to the Birding Hot-Spots of Israel, by Hadoram Shirihai, James P. Smith, Guy M. Kirwan, and Dan Alon

664


ZEV LABINGER

Diseases of Wild Waterfowl, 2nd Edition, by Gary A. Wobeser

665


CHARLES VAN RIPER III