THE CONDOR
Volume 107, Number 4
November 2005 C.E.
Table of Contents

FEATURE ARTICLES

 

The Botteri's Sparrow and Exotic Arizona Grasslands: An Ecological Trap or Habitat Regained?

 731


ZACH F. JONES AND CARL E. BOCK
Spatial Distribution of Greater Sage-Grouse Nests in Relatively Contiguous Sagebrush Habitats

 742


MATTHEW J. HOLLORAN AND STANLEY H. ANDERSON
Increase in Avian Malaria at Upper Elevation in Hawaii

 753


LEONARD A. FREED, REBECCA L. CANN, M. LEE GOFF, WENDY A. KUNTZ, GUSTAV R. BODNER
First Documentation of Combinatorial Song Syntax in a Suboscine Passerine Species

 765


DANIEL W. LEGER
Melanin-based Black Plumage Coloration is Related to Reproductive Investment in Cardueline Finches

 775


VERONIKA BÓKONY AND ANDRÁS LIKER
Creamy-bellied Thrush Defenses against Shiny Cowbird Brood Parasitism

 788


ANDREA A. ASTIE AND JUAN CARLOS REBOREDA
Plumage convergence in Picoides woodpeckers based on a molecular phylogeny, with emphasis on convergence in Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers

 797


AMY C. WEIBEL AND WILLIAM S. MOORE
Seasonal Body Weight Variation in Five Species of Woodpeckers

 810


WALTER D. KOENIG, ERIC L. WALTERS, JEFFREY R. WALTERS, JAMES S. KELLAM, KLAUS G. MICHALEK, AND MATTHEW S. SCHRADER
Remigial Molt Patterns in North American Falconiformes as Related to Age, Sex, Breeding Status, and Life-History Strategies

 823


PETER PYLE
Large-scale Patterns of Molt Activation in the Flight Feathers of Two Albatross Species

 835


ANN E. EDWARDS AND SIEVERT ROHWER
Nest Site Selection and Nesting Success in Saltmarsh Breeding Sparrows: The Importance of Nest Habitat, Timing, and Study Site Differences

 849


CARINA GJERDRUM, CHRIS S. ELPHICK, AND MARGARET RUBEGA
The Relationship Between Habitat Characteristics and Demographic Performance of Northern Spotted Owls in Southern Oregon

 863


KATIE M. DUGGER, FRANK F. WAGNER, ROBERT G. ANTHONY, AND GAIL S. OLSON
Effects of Savanna Restoration on the Foraging Ecology of Insectivorous Songbirds

 879


SARAH C. HARTUNG AND JEFFERY D. BRAWN
Simultaneous Multiple Clutches and Female Breeding Success in Mountain Quail

 889


JEFFREY L. BECK, KERRY P. REESE, PETER ZAGER, AND PATRICIA E. HEEKIN
Mallard Duckling Survival in the Great Lakes Region

 898


JOHN W. SIMPSON, TINA J. YERKES, BARRY D. SMITH, AND THOMAS D. NUDDS

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

    

Further Evidence for Paraphyly of the Formicariidae (Passeriformes) 910

NATHAN H. RICE
Age-Based Plumage Changes in the Lance-tailed Manakin: A Two-Year Delay in Plumage Maturation

 915


EMILY H. DUVAL
Intraclutch Egg-Size Variation in Magellanic Penguins

 921


NICOLE E. RAFFERTY, P. DEE BOERSMA, AND GINGER A. REBSTOCK
Incubation Length of Dabbling Ducks

 926


ALICIA M. WELLS, HAROLD H. PRINCE, AND TODD W. ARNOLD
Correction of Erroneous Records of Cormorants from Archeological Sites in Alaska

 930


STORRS L. OLSON

BOOK REVIEWS

Saving our Migrant Birds, by John Faaborg

 934


RUSSELL GREENBERG
Handbook of Bird Biology. Second Edition, by Sandy Podulka, Ronald W. Rohrbaugh Jr, and Rick Bonney, Editors

 937


DAN TALLMAN
Seven Names for the Bellbird: Conservation Geography in Honduras, by Mark Bonta

 937


ARVIND PANJABI

NEWS AND NOTES

 939


AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
948

REVIEWERS FOR VOLUME 107

 952


ERRATUM
953

INDEX TO VOLUME 107
954