THE CONDOR
Volume 110, Number 3
August 2008 C.E.
Table of Contents

FEATURE ARTICLES
Diversity Patterns of Bird Assemblages in Arid Zones of Northern Venezuela
405

ADRIANA RODRÍGUEZ-FERRARO AND JOHN G. BLAKE
Population Trends of the Forest Bird Community on the Pacific Island of Rota, Mariana Islands 421

ARJUN AMAR, FRED AMIDON, BEATRIZ ARROYO, JACOB A. ESSELSTYN, AND ANN P. MARSHALL
Prebasic Molt of Black-capped and White-eyed Vireos: Effects of Breeding Site and the El Niño Southern Oscillation 428

LUKE K. BUTLER, TIMOTHY J. HAYDEN, AND L. MICHAEL ROMERO
Evidence of Positive Indirect Effects Within a Community of Cavity-Nesting Vertebrates 441

JOHN J. KAPPES JR. AND JOHN M. DAVIS
Nest Success of Black-backed Woodpeckers in Forests with Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in the Black Hills, South Dakota 450

THOMAS W. BONNOT, MARK A. RUMBLE, AND JOSHUA J. MILLSPAUGH
Golden-cheeked Warbler Nest Mortality and Predators in Urban and Rural Landscapes 458

JENNIFER L. REIDY, MIKE M. STAKE, AND FRANK R. THOMPSON III
Landscape Structure and Spatial Scale Affect Space Use by Songbirds in Naturally Patchy and Harvested Boreal Forests 467

TINA D. LEONARD, PHILIP D. TAYLOR, AND IAN G. WARKENTIN
Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Differentiation in the Fox Sparrow 482

ROBERT M. ZINK
Population Structure of Mountain Plover as Determined Using Nuclear Microsatellites 493

SARA J. OYLER-MCCANCE, JUDY ST. JOHN, ROBERT F. KYSELA, AND FRITZ L. KNOPF
Intrafeather and Intraindividual Variation in the Stable-Hydrogen Isotope (δD) Content of Raptor Feathers 500

ADAM D. SMITH, KARA DONOHUE, AND ALFRED M. DUFTY JR.
Effect of Cowbird Parasitism on Brood Reduction in the Brown-and-yellow Marshbird 507

NATALIA M. DURÉ RUIZ, MYRIAM E. MERMOZ, AND GUSTAVO J. FERNÁNDEZ
Age, Habitat, and Yearly Variation in the Diet of a Generalist Insectivore, the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher 514

SCOTT L. DURST, TAD C. THEIMER, EBEN H. PAXTON, AND MARK K. SOGGE
New Distributional Bird Data from the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes, with Implications for the Biogeography of Northwestern South America 526

ANDRÉS M. CUERVO, PAULO C. PULGARÍN, AND DIEGO CALDERÓN

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Migratory Connectivity and Rate of Population Decline in a Vulnerable Songbird 538

JASON JONES, D. RYAN NORRIS, M. KATHERINE GIRVAN, JENNIFER J. BARG, T. KURT KYSER, AND RALEIGH J. ROBERTSON
Maintenance of Plumage Polymorphism in Red-footed Boobies in the Galápagos Archipelago: Observations of Mate Choice and Habitat Association 544

PATRICIA C. BAIÃO AND PATRICIA G. PARKER
Genetic Structure of Galápagos Populations of the Yellow Warbler 549

ROBERT A. BROWNE, ELIZABETH I. COLLINS, AND DAVID J. ANDERSON
Genetic Parentage and Variable Social Structure in Breeding Southern Lapwings 554

VALÉRIA SARACURA, REGINA H. MACEDO, AND DONALD BLOMQVIST
The Genetic Mating System of a Tropical Tanager 559

TERRY R. KRUEGER, DEAN A. WILLIAMS, AND WILLIAM A. SEARCY
Do Cross-Scale Correlations Confound Analysis of Nest Site Selection for Chestnut-backed Chickadees? 563

C. LISA MAHON, KATHY MARTIN, AND VALERIE LEMAY
Phenotypic Variation Is Clinal in the Yellow-throated Warbler 569

BAILEY D. MCKAY
Does Sex-Specific Duckling Mortality Contribute to Male Bias in Adult Common Eiders? 574

ALEKSI LEHIKOINEN, MARKUS ÖST, TUULA HOLLMÉN, AND MIKAEL KILPI
Egg and Chick Fates During Tidal Flooding of Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Nests 579

CARINA GJERDRUM, KIRA SULLIVAN-WILEY, ERIN KING, MARGARET A. RUBEGA, AND CHRIS S. ELPHICK
A Novel Nest Architecture within the Furnariidae: First Nests of the White-browed Spinetail 584

HAROLD F. GREENEY AND KRISTOF ZYSKOWSKI

BOOK REVIEWS

The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Volume Two: Passerines, by David R. Wells 589

ALLEN JEYARAJASINGAM
The Birds of Scotland, edited by R.W. Forrester, I.J. Andrews, C. J. McInerny, R. D. Murray, R. Y. McGowan, B. Zonfrillo, M. W. Betts, D. C. Jardine, and D. S. Grundy 590

HECTOR GALBRAITH
Briefly Noted: A Birds of the World Quartet
591

DAVID L. SWANSON