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Mactavish, B. 1996. Hybrid Hermit x Townsend's 
warbler in Newfoundland. Birders J. 5: 33-34. (37 
Waterford, St. John's, NF AIE 1C5, Can.)—Descrip¬ 
tion and photographs of a Dendroica occidentalis X 
Dendroica townsendi at Brig Bay on 23 May 1995.— 
A.L.L. 
Maijer, S. 1996. Distinctive song of highland form 
maculicollis of the Red-winged Tinamou (Rhyn- 
chotus rufescens): evidence for species rank. Auk 
113: 695-697. (Ter Meulenplantsoen 20, 7524 CA 
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Marshall, H. D., & A. J. Baker. 1997. Structural con¬ 
servation and variation in the mitochondrial con¬ 
trol region of fringilline finches (Fringilla spp.) 
and the greenfinch (Carduelis chloris). Mol. Biol. 
Evol. 14: 173-184. (R. Ontario Mus., 100 Queen's 
Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Can.)—Evolution 
rates vary by domain. Some useful for inter- or in¬ 
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Martens, J., & B. Steil. 1997. [Territorial songs and 
species differentiation in the Lesser Whitethroat 
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23. (Inst. f. Zool. d. J. Gutenberg-Univ. Mainz, 
Saarstr. 21, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.)—Locally 
sympatric distribution and distinct songs of three 
subspecies of Sylvia currura (curruca, althaea and 
minula) warrant designation as different species of 
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ic taxa in Socotra. Sandgrouse 17: 81-82. (6 Con¬ 
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Egretta tricolor, Egretta thula. 
Mild, K. 1996. Hybrid or not? Alula 2:190-191. (Kop- 
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Mittal, O. P., & V. L. Sharma. 1989. Chromosomes 
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Moorhouse, R. j. 1996. The extraordinary bill di¬ 
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phism in this extinct species probably evolved for 
reduced intersexual competition. Evidence includes 
an analysis of bill divergence from other callaeids 
showing that female diverged more than the male, 
the Huia's monogamous mating system, the ab¬ 
sence of other specialist wood-probers in New Zea¬ 
land, and sexual differences in feeding behav¬ 
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Mundy, N. L, P. Unitt, & D. S. Woodruee. 1997. 
Skin from feet of museum specimens as a non¬ 
destructive source of DNA for avian genotyping. 
Auk 114:126-129. (Dept. Biol. & Ctr. Mol. Genetics, 
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Nunn, G. B., et al. 1996. Evolutionary relationships 
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(Dept. Ornithol., Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Central Pk. 
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Olsson, U., P. Alstrom, & P. R. Colston. 1993. A 
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Rauen, K. a., et al. 1994. Localization of the chick¬ 
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(Dept. Avian Sci., Univ. Calif. Davis, Davis, CA, 
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H.H.H. 
Rhodes, O. E., L. M. Smith, & M. H. Smith. 1996. 
Relationships between genetic variation and 
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Rodgers, J. A., Jr., & P. W. Stangel. 1996. Genetic 
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Saitoh, H., M. Harata, & S. Mizuno. 1989. Presence 
of female-specific bent-repetitive DNA sequences 
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in the genomes of turkey and pheasant and their 
interactions with W-protein of chicken. Chromo¬ 
soma 98: 250-258. (Dept. Agric. Chem., Tohoku 
Univ. 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, 
Sendai 981, Japan.)—W-protein resides on the W 
(female sex) chromosome of the chicken, Gallus gal- 
lus domesticus, and interacts with a family of repet¬ 
itive sequences located on that chromosome. Re¬ 
petitive sequence families found in turkey, Mele- 
agris gallopavo, and Green Pheasant, Phasianus ver¬ 
sicolor, are about 60% identical in sequence but 
show interactions with the W-protein similar to 
chicken.—H.H.H. 
Saitoh, Y., & S. Mizuno. 1992. Distribution of Xhol 
and EcoRI family repetitive DNA sequences into 
separate domains in the chicken W chromosome. 
Chromosoma 101: 474-477. (Dept. Agric. Chem., 
Tohoku Univ. 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, 
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netics used to address evolutionary aspects of W 
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domesticus. —H.H.H. 
Saitoh, Y., et al. 1991. Occupancy of the majority 
of DNA in the chicken W chromosome by bent- 
repetitive sequences. Chromosoma 101: 32-40. 
(Dept. Agric. Chem., Tohoku Univ. 1-1 Tsutsumi¬ 
dori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981, Ja¬ 
pan.)—2 families of repetitive DNA make up 70- 
90% of the chicken W (female sex) chromosome, 
Gallus gallus domesticus. —H.H.H. 
Sealy, S. G. 1996. Evolution of host defenses against 
brood parasitism: implications of puncture-ejec¬ 
tion by a small passerine. Auk 113: 346-355. (Dept. 
Zool., Univ. Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, 
Can.)—Low cost of egg ejection by Vireo gilvus sup¬ 
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Sheldon, F. H., & F. B. Gill. 1996. A reconsideration 
of songbird phylogeny, with emphasis on the 
evolution of titmice and their sylvioid relatives. 
Syst. Biol. 45: 473-495. (Mus. Nat. Sci, Louisiana 
State Univ. Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.)—Pres¬ 
ent a phylogeny of 27 oscine passerines using 
DNA-DNA hybridization. Support Sibley and 
Ahlquist's division of the oscines into 2 clades, 
corvids and passerids, but not their division of the 
passerids into 3 clades. Conclude seed-caching 
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dence intervals around the date of divergence of 
taxa. Includes technique for testing the molecular 
clock hypothesis.—R.K. 
Thessing, a., & J. Ekman. 1994. Selection on the ge- 
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J. Evol. Biol. 7: 713-726. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Stock¬ 
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Tsudzuki, M. 1995. Light down lethal: A new auto¬ 
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Tsudzuki, M. 1995. New findings in the stumpy- 
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Ward, D., A. K. Lindholm, & J. M. N. Smith. 1996. 
Multiple parasitism of the Red-winged Blackbird: 
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Auk 113: 408-413. (Mitrani Ctr. Desert Ecol., Jacob 
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