This award is a cash prize of at least $1,000 and is given only in odd-numbered years to the author of an outstanding paper published in the four preceding years in The Condor. At the discretion of the Committee, but with the approval of the Board, no award need be given. Funds for the award come from a bequest from Mr. Painton. By vote of the Board, Society funds may be used to increase the amount of this award.

• 1961: R.A. Norris and G.L. Hight, Jr. 1957. Subspecific variation in winter populations of Savannah Sparrows: a study in field taxonomy. Condor 59:40-52.
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• 1963: W.R. Dawson and F.C. Evans. 1960. Relation of growth and development to temperature regulation in nestling Vesper Sparrows. Condor 62:329-340.
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• 1965: V. Lewin. 1963. Reproduction and development of young in a population of California Quail. Condor 65:249-278.
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• 1967: R.T. Holmes. 1966. Breeding ecology and annual cycle adaptations of the Red-backed Sandpiper (Calidris alppina) in northern Alaska. Condor 68:3-46.
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• 1969: R.K. Selander. 1966. Sexual dimorphism and differential niche utilization in birds. Condor 68:113-151.
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• 1971 R.W. Warner. 1968. The role of introduced diseases in the extinction of the endemic Hawaiian avifauna. Condor 70:101-120. 1973 L. Spring. 1971. A comparison of functional and morphological adaptations in the Common Murre (Uria aalge) and Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia). Condor 73:1-27.
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• 1975: R.B. Payne. 1973. The breeding season of a parasitic bird, the Brown-headed Cowbird, in central California. Condor 75:80-99.
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• 1977: H. Rahn and A. Ar. 1974. The avian egg: incubation time and water loss. Condor 76:147-152.
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• 1979: S.I. Rothstein. 1975. An experimental and teleonomic investigation of avian brood parasitism. Condor 77:250-271.
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• 1981: J.W. Fitzpatrick. 1980. Foraging behavior of Neotropical tyrant flycatchers. Condor 82:43-57.
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• 1983: J.F. Wittenberger. 1982. Factors affecting how male and female Bobolinks apportion parental investments. Condor 84:22-39.
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• 1985: S.R. Sabo and R.T. Holmes. 1983. Foraging niches and the structure of forest bird communities in contrasting montane habitats. Condor 85:121-138.
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• 1987: F. Nottebohm. 1984. Birdsong as a model in which to study brain processes related to learning. Condor 86:227-236.
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• 1989: J.M. Marzluff and R.P. Balda. 1988. Pairing patterns and fitness in a free-ranging population of Pinyon Jays: what do they reveal about mate choice? Condor 90:201-213.
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• 1991: B.C. Livezey. 1990. Evolutionary morphology of flightlessness in the Auckland Islands Teal. Condor 92:639-673.
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• 1993: Morton, M.L. 1992. Effects of sex and birthdate on premigration biology, migration, scheduled return dates, and natal dispersal in the Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow. Condor 94: 117-133.
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• 1995: Robert B. Payne. 1993. Breeding dispersal in Indigo Buntings: circumstances and consequences for breeding success and population structure. Condor 95:1-24.
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• 1997: Jeffrey D. Parrish. 1997. Experimental evidence for intrinsic microhabitat preferences in the Black-Throated Green Warbler. Condor 97:935-943.
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• 1999: Douglas A. Bell. 1996. Genetic differentiation, geographic variation and hybridization in gulls of the Laurus glaucescens-occidentalis complex. Condor 98:527-546.
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• 2001: Nidia Arguelas and Patricia G. Parker. 2000. Seasonal migration and genetic population structure in house wrens. Condor 102:51-528.
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• 2003: Charles R. Brown and Mary Bomberger Brown. 1999. Fitness Components Associated with Laying Date in the Cliff Swallow. Condor 101:230-245.
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• 2005: Sher L. Hendrickson, Robert Bleiweiss, Juan Carlos Matheus, Lilly Silva de Matheus, Norberto Luis Jácome, and Eduardo Pavez.  2003.  Low genetic variability in the geographically widespread Andean Condor.  Condor 105:1-12.
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