THE CONDOR
Vol. 105, Number 2
May 2003 C.E.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES

Winter Bird Communities in Four Habitats along an Elevational Gradient on Hispaniola		179
	STEVEN C. LATTA, CHRISTOPHER C. RIMMER AND KENT P. MCFARLAND
Survival of Captive-Reared Hispaniolan Parrots Released in Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic		198
	JAIME A. COLLAZO, THOMAS H. WHITE JR., FRANCISCO J. VILELLA AND SIM”N A. GUERRERO
Differential Use of Thermal Convection by Soaring Birds over Central Israel		208
	JUDY SHAMOUN-BARANES, YOSSI LESHEM, YORAM YOM-TOV AND OLIVIER LIECHTI
Migration Routes of Steppe Eagles between Asia and Africa: A Study by Means of Satellite Telemetry		219
	BERND-U. MEYBURG, PATRICK PAILLAT AND CHRISTIANE MEYBURG
Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeography of the Bay Wren Complex		228
	MARIBEL A. GONZ¡LEZ, JESSICA R. EBERHARD, IRBY J. LOVETTE, STORRS L. OLSON AND ELDREDGE BERMINGHAM
Skeletal Characters and the Genera of Blackbirds (Icteridae)		239
	J. DAN WEBSTER
Dietary and Sexual Correlates of Carotenoid Pigment Expression in Dove Plumage		258
	BETTINA MAHLER, LIDIA S. ARAUJO AND PABLO L. TUBARO
Time Budgets and Body Temperatures of American Golden-Plover Chicks in Relation to Ambient Temperature		268
	KAREN L. KRIJGSVELD, JEROEN W. H. RENEERKENS, GABE D. MCNETT AND ROBERT E. RICKLEFS
Development of Foraging Skills and the Transition to Independence in Juvenile Savannah Sparrows		279
	NATHANIEL T. WHEELWRIGHT AND JENNIFER J. TEMPLETON
Riparian Bird Community Structure in Portland, Oregon: Habitat, Urbanization and Spatial Scale Patterns		288
	LORI A. HENNINGS AND W. DANIEL EDGE
Avian Communities of Created and Natural Wetlands: Bottomland Forests in Virginia		303
	EMILIE C. SNELL-ROOD AND DANIEL A. CRISTOL
Testing the Risk-Disturbance Hypothesis in a Fragmented Landscape: Nonlinear Responses of House Sparrows to Humans		316
	ESTEBAN FERN¡NDEZ-JURICIC, ANGEL SALLENT, RUBEN SANZ AND I&emdash;AKI RODRÕGUEZ-PRIETO
Peregrine Falcon Eggs: Egg Size, Hatchling Sex, and Clutch Sex Ratios		327
	WILLIAM BURNHAM, CALVIN SANDFORT AND JAMES R. BELTHOFF
Survival of Female Lesser Scaup: Effects of Body Size, Age, and Reproductive Effort		336
	JAY J. ROTELLA, ROBERT G. CLARK AND ALAN D. AFTON
Using Video to Monitor Predation at Black-capped Vireo Nests		348
	MIKE M. STAKE AND DAVID A. CIMPRICH
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Birds from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest		358
	ANDR…A M. NASCIMENTO, LUCIANA CURSINO, HIGGOR GON«ALVES-DORNELAS, ANDREA REIS, EDMAR CHARTONE-SOUZA AND MIGUEL ¬. MARINI
Wattle Size Is Correlated with Male Territorial Rank in Juvenile Ring-necked Pheasants		362
	ANNA PAPESCHI, JOHN P. CARROLL AND FRANCESCO DESSÕ-FULGHERI
Estimating Population Trends with a Linear Model		367
	JONATHAN BART, BRIAN COLLINS AND R. I. G. MORRISON
Nest-Site Selection, Interspecific Associations, and Nest Success of King Eiders		373
	DANA K. KELLETT, RAY T. ALISAUSKAS AND KATHERINE R. MEHL
Sex Roles during Incubation in the Common Ringed Plover		378
	JOHAN WALLANDER
Empty Nests Do Not Affect Female Mate Choice or Maternal Investment in House Wrens		382
	NATALIE S DUBOIS AND THOMAS GETTY
Rescue of the Mascarene Petrel, a Critically Endangered Seabird of RÈunion Island, Indian Ocean		387
	MATTHIEU LE CORRE, THOMAS GHESTEMME, MARC SALAMOLARD AND FRAN«OIS-XAVIER COUZI
BOOK REVIEWS
Biology of Marine Birds, by E.A. Schreiber and Joanna Burger (editors)		392
	WILLIAM J. SYDEMAN
The Purple Martin, by Robin Doughty and Rob Fergus		393
	BRIDGET J. M. STUTCHBURY
Birds of the Baja California Peninsula: Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy, by Richard A. Erickson and Steve N. G. Howell (editors)		393
	WILLIAM T. EVERETT
Birds of the Texas Hill Country, by Mark W. Lockwood		395
	ROBIN W. DOUGHTY