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Birds April 1983 March-April 1983, Vol. 37, No. 2

American Birds A bimonthlyjournal devotedto the birdsof theAmericas Publishedby theNational Audubon Society / RussellW. Peterson, Publisher

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John W. Aldrich Robert S. Arbib, Jr./Editor Mary H. Clench SusanRoney Drennan/AssociateEditor Thomas R. Howell Lois Heilbrun/Christmas Bird Count Frances C. James Chandler S. Robbins/Technical Editor Robert J. Newman J.P. Myers/Editor,Special Projects Kenneth C. Parkes Aldeen and Willet T. Van Velzen/Breeding Bird Censuses Roger Tory Peterson Calvin L. Cink and Roger L. Boyd/Winter Bird-Populations Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. ElisabethLawatsch/Circulation Manager Dale A. Zimmerman Anne Wagner/Advertising;Editorial Assistant Nancy Johnson-Monroe/Accountant

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Volume 37, Number 2 241 MARCH-APRIL 1983, VOLUME 37, NUMBER 2

CONTENTS

127 An important new field guide: Seabirds, an identificationguide, by Peter Harrison

135 In Memorum: George Miksch Sutton 1898-1982

138 Nineteenth in the Fuertes print series

140 Identifying Streak-backedOrioles: a note of caution/Kenn Kaufman

142 The statusand distributionof the Red-cockadedWoodpecker in Arkansas/Fred L. Burnside

146 The distribution,habitat preference,and statusof the MississippiKite in Tennessee/PeterI. Kalla and Fred J. AIsop, III

150 The Changing Seasons/Paul Lehman

The Autumn Migration: August l-November 30, 1982 155 Northeastern Maritime Region/Richard A. Forster 158 QuebecRegion/Norman David and Michel Gosselin 160 Hudson-Delaware Region/Robert O. Paxton, William J. Boyle, Jr. and David A. Cutler 164 Middle Atlantic Coast Region/Henry T. Armistead 167 SouthernAtlantic Coast Region/Harry E. LeGrand, Jr. 170 Flora Region/Lyn S. and Brooks H. Atherton 173 Ontario Region/Ron D. Weir 177 Niagara-ChamplainRegion/Douglas P. Kibbe and Cheryl M. Boise 179 AppalachianRegion/George A. Hall 182 Western Great Lakes Region/Daryl D. Tessen 185 Middlewestern Praire Region/ Bruce G. Peterjohn 189 Central SouthernRegion/ Robert D. Purrington 192 Prairie Provinces Region/Wayne C. Harris 194 Northern Great Plains Region/David O. Lambeth 196 SouthernGreat Plains Region/Frances Williams 199 South Texas Region/Fred S. Webster,Jr. 201 Northwestern Canada Region/Helmut Grl•nberg 202 Northern Rocky Mountain-IntermountainRegion/Thomas H. Rogers 205 Mountain West Region/Hugh E. Kingery 208 SouthwestRegion/Janet Witzemanand John P. Hubbard 213 Alaska Region/Daniel D. Gibson 214 Northern Pacific Coast Region/Eugene S. Hunn and Philip W. Mattocks, Jr. 218 Middle Pacific Coast Region/Ron LeValley and Don Roberson 223 SouthernPacific Coast Region/Guy McCaskie 226 Hawaiian Islands Region/Robert L. Pyle 228 West Indies Region/RobertL. Norton

230 On Correct Identification/George M. Sutton

232 Green Heron in Hawaii/Peter W. C. Paton and Laurie H. Maclvor

234 Further noteson pipit identification/LarsSvensson

236 Early nestingof the Roadrunner,Geococcyx californianus, in California/JamesW. Cornett

237 Book and Record Reviews/R. Arbib and S. R. Drennan

242 The Last Word

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