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Index to Volume 95, 1983 INDEX TO VOLUME 95, 1983 BY MARY C. MCKITRICK This index includes references to genera, species, authors, and key words or terms. In addition to avian species, references are made to the scientific names of all vertebrates mentioned within the volume and other taxa mentioned prominently in the text. Common names are as they appeared in the volume. Reference is made to books reviewed, reviewers, and announcements as they appeared in the volume. Abies spp., 60 crecca carolinensis, 675482 ahiotic factors platyrhynchos, 55-56, 270, 273, 295, 675, effect on Branta spp., 384-403 690494 Acanthizinae, 184, 196 rubripes, 675-682 Accipiter cooperii, 490 strepera, 675482 striatus, 224, 443, 449 Anatidae, 452 Acrocephalus arundinaceus, 239 Anatini, 294 luscinia, 195 Angell, Tony and Kenneth C. Balcomh, III, spp.. 195, 196 Marine birds and mammals of Puget syrinx, 195 Sound, reviewed, 704-705 Adelomyia melanogenys, 658 Ankney, Dave, review by, 167-168 Adenia xenica, 412 announcements adoption International Commission on Zoological Coragyps stratus, 310311 Nomenclature, 504 Larus delawarensis. 27, 31-32, 36, 37, 39 A new information system for raptors, 96 Aeronautes saxatilis, 144-145 Anser albifrons, 693 Agelaius phoeniceus, 17, 430, 453-459, 473, Antbird, Banded, see Dichrozona cincta 577, 643-647 Hairy-crested, see Rhegmatorhina mela- Aix sponsa, 311, 489 nosticta alarm calls Scale-backed, see Hylophylax poecilonota Melanerpes Carolinas, 490-491 Warbling, see Hypocnemis cantator Porzana Carolina, 53-57 Antpitta, Crescent-faced, see Grallaricula li- Rallus limicola, 53-57 neifrons Albatross, Laysan, see Diomedea immuta- Ochre-breasted, see Grallaricula flaviros- bilis tris alewife, see Alosa pseudoharengus Ochre-fronted, see Grallaricula ochracei- allopreening frons (Frontispiece) Butorides striatus sundevalli, 119-120 Peruvian, see Grallaricula peruviana Porzana Carolina, 49 Rusty-breasted, see Grallaricula ferrugi- Rallus limicola, 49 neipectus Alosa pseudoharengus, 271, 371 Scallop-breasted, see Grallaricula loricata Ammodramus bairdii, 593-602 Slate-crowned, see Grallaricula nana lecontei, 593402 Antshrike, Black-capped, see Thamnophilus savannarum, 15, 282 schistaceus spp., 461 Bluish-slate, see Thamnomanes schisto- Amphispiza belli, 281-282 gynus (Frontispiece) Anas acuta, 294-296, 675-682 Cinereus, see Thamnomanes caesius americana, 675-682 Dusky-throated, see Thamnomanes arde- clypeata, 675-682 siacus 717 718 THE WILSON BULLETIN . Vol. 95, No. 4, December 1983 Mouse-colored, see Thamnophilus muri- Balaenoptera physalus, 478 nus Balcomb, Kenneth C., III, see Angell, Tony Rufous-capped, see Thamnomanes rufi- and ~ capillus Barbosa C., Cesar E.. see Fjeldsa, Jon and Saturnine, see Thamnomanes saturninus Western, see Thamnomanes occidentalis Barlow, Jon C., Songs of the vireos and their antshrike, see Thamnomanes spp. allies, reviewed, 162-163 Antthrush, Black-faced, see Formicarius Barr, Jack F., see Heimberger, Marianne, analis David Euler, and - Antvireo, Plain, see Dysithamnus mentalis see McIntyre, Judith W. and - Spot-crowned, see Dysithamnus puncti- Bathmocercus spp., 192 ceps Bechard, Marc J., Food supply and the oc- Streak-crowned, see Dysithamnus striati- currence of brood reduction in Swain- ceps sons’ Hawk, 233-242 Antwren, Chestnut-shouldered, see Teren- BCdard, Jean, review by, 497-498 ura humeralis bedbug, see Cimex lectularius Rufous-rumped, see Terenura callinota behavior Slaty, see Myrmotherula schisticolor Butorides striatus sundevalli, 119, 120 antwren, see Myrmotherula spp. Tachycineta thalassina, 142-145 Aphelocoma coerulescens, 490 aggressive coerulescens coerulescens, 256 Larus delawarensis, 25-37 ultramarina, 286-287 Parus bicolor, 222-232 Apodidae, 513, 515 Porzana Carolina, 43-49 Apodiformes, 138 Rallus limicola, 43-49 Archilochus colubris, 429 bathing Ardea herodias, 402, 479 Tyrannus savana, 488-489 Armstrong, Edward, see Clark, Karen, Da- copulatory vid Euler, and ~ Porzana Carolina, 49-52 Armstrong, Edward R. and David Euler, Rallus limicola, 49-52 Hermit Thrush nesting on a rock face, courtship 160 Butorides striatus sundevalli, 118-121 Arnold, Keith A. and Dan M. Johnson, An- display nual adult survival rates for Brown- Chiroxiphia spp., 339 headed Cowbirds wintering in south- Dendragopus obscurus, 667469 east Texas, 150-153 Pipra aureola, 336-341 Asio flammeus, 237 fasciicauda, 321342 Aspergillus fumigatus, 271 filicauda, 336341 Athene cunicularia, 600 spp., 337, 339 Atherinidae, 413 Porzana Carolina, 42-59 Atlapetes brunneinucha, 156 Rallus limicola, 42-59 spp., 156 Scolopax minor, 655456 awards and grants feeding Aaron Bagg student membership awards, 22 Gavia immer, 122-124 Bird banding research grants, 319 Hawk Mountain research award, 319 flocking North American Bluebird Society research Parus bicolor, 222-232 grants, 320 foraging, see foraging behavior Wilson Society student membership award, head-scratching 348 Geospizinae, 158-160 Aythya americana, 270 incubation INDEX TO VOLUME 95 719 Porzana carolina, 459-461 Bison bison, 7 lek Black, Barbara and Larry D. Harris, Feeding Pipra fasciicauda, 321-342 habitats of Black Skimmers wintering maintenance on the Florida Gulf Coast, 404-415 Gavia immer, 122 Blackbird, Eurasian, see Turdus met& mobbing Red-winged, see Age&us phoeniceus in Parus atricapillus, 343-348 Blake, John G., Trophic structure of bird in Turdus migratorius, 343, 346 communities in forest patches in east- nest defense central Illinois, 416-430 Phacellodomus rufifrons, 106-117 Bleiweiss, Robert and Manuel Olalla P., rufifrons inornata, 106-117 Notes on the ecology of the Black- nestling, see nestling behavior breasted Puffleg on Volcan Pichin- preening cha, Ecuador, 656-661 Anas platyrhynchos, 690-694 Blokpoel, Hans, see Nol, Erica and - Branta canadensis, 690-694 Bluebird, Eastern, see Sialia sialis pre-migratory Western, see Sialia mexicana Gavia immer, 121-125, 125-132 Boersma, Dora, see Fox, Glen A. and - rafting Bombycilla cedrorum, 157-158, 430, 683 Gavia immer, 121-125 Bortolotti, Gary R., review by, 698-700 reproductive botfly, see Mydaea sp. Anas acuta, 675-682 botulism poisoning see Clostridium botulinum americana, 675682 of waterfowl, 269-275 clypeata, 675682 Boxall, Peter C., Observations suggesting crecca carolinensis, 675-682 parental division of labor by American rubripes, 675682 Redstarts, 673-674 strepera, 675-682 Boys, J. V., see Prendergast, Col. E. D. V. Fulica americana, 467-469 and - Gavia immer, 431-439 Bradypterus cinnamomeus, 193 Pterodroma hypoleuca, 522-539 Brand, Christopher J., Ruth M. Duncan, roosting Scott P. Garrow, Dan Olson, and Larus bulleri, 461-462 Leonard E. Schumann, Waterbird sentinel mortality from botulism type E in Lake Corvus brachyrhynchos, 155 Michigan: An update, 269-275 social Brant, see Branta bernicla Parus bicolor, 222-232 Branta bernicla, 384-403 vocal canadensis, 209-221, 311, 384-403, 690- Amphispiza belli, 281-282 694 winter canadensis maxima, 311313 Parus hicolor, 222-232 Braun, Clait E., see Curtis, Paul D. and Beletsky, L. David and Michael G. Corral, Song response by female Red-winged Brawn, Jeffrey D. and Fred B. Samson, Win- Blackbirds to male songs, 643647 ter behavior of Tufted Titmice, 222- Belonidae, 412 232 Berman, Susan L., review by, 706 breeding biology Best, Louis B., see Heagy, Patricia A. and Cyanocorax beecheyi, 256-268 Lanius ludovicianus, 303308 biogeography, insular, with reference to for- Larus atricilla, 540-551 est patches, 416-430 Pandion haliaetus, 243-255 Bird, James E., see Payne, P. Michael, Kev- Passer montanus, 287-294 in D. Powers, and - Phalaropus tricolor, 472-475 720 THE WILSON BULLETIN . Vol. 95, No. 4, December 1983 brood Brownish-flanked, see Cettia fortipes number per season Chestnut-crowned, see Cettia major Tachycineta bicolor, 470-471 Gray-sided, see Cettia brunnifrons overlap Mullers,’ see Cettia vulcania Passer domesticus, 148 Palau, see Psamathia annae Sialia sialis, 148-150 Pale-footed, see Cettia [Urosphena] pal- reduction lidipes Buteo swainsoni, 233-242 Strong-footed, see Cettia fortipes size Stub-tailed, see Cettia [Urosphena] squa- Buteo swainsoni, 234 meiceps Brown, Charles R., Vocalizations and be- Timor, see Cettia [Urosphena] subulata havior of Violet-green Swallows in the Yellowish-bellied, see Cettia acanthi- Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, I42- zoides 145 Buteo jamaicensis, 492-495 Brown, Jerram L., Communal harvesting of platypterus, 80-94 a transient food resource in the Mex- swainsoni, 233-242 ican Jay, 286-287 Butorides spp., 120 Brunsweig, Norman L., Stephen G. Winton, striatus striatus, 118 and Paul B. Hamel, A dietary overlap striatus sundevalli, 118-121 of Evening Grosbeaks and Carolina striatus virescens, 118-121 Parakeets, 452 cactus, cardon, see Pachycereus pringlei Brush-finch, Chestnut-capped, see Atla- Cade, Tom J., The falcons of the world, re- petes brunneinucha viewed, 696-697 brush-finch, see Atlapetes spp. Cairns, D. K., Examining nesting cavities with Bubo virginianus, 38, 442, 443 an optical fibroscope, 492 Bubulcus ibis, 540 Calcarius lapponicus, 593-602 Bucephala albeola, 482 ornatus, 472, 593-602 clangula americana, 482-488 pictus, 593602 islandica, 482-488 Calidris alba, 600 Bucconidae, 505 Calliphoridae, 560 Bufflehead, see Bucephala albeola calls, alarm, see alarm calls Bullfinch, see Pyrrhula pyrrhula Calocitta colliei, 259 Bunn, D. S., A. B. Warburton, and R. D. S. Camarhynchus parvulus, 159 Wilson, The Barn Owl, reviewed, 317- psittacula, 159 319 Camaroptera spp., 184 Bunting, Indigo, see Passerina cyanea Campylorhynchus nuchalis, 133
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