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--. Payne, R. B. and C. ten Cate. (in press). Song learning as the motor for speciation in viduid finches. In: Bird song: studies in memory of Luis Baptista (ed. P. Marler and H. Slabbekoorn). University of California Press.

205. Brown, J. W., Payne, R. B. and Mindell, D. P. 2007. Nuclear DNA does not reconcile rocks and clocks in Neoaves: a comment on Ericson et al. Biology Letters, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0611.

204. Sefc, K.M., Payne, R.B. and Sorenson, M.D. 2007. Genetic differentiation after founder events: an evaluation of FST estimators with empirical and simulated data. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 21-39. http://www.evolutionary-ecology.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/forthcoming.html

203. Payne, R. B. and Sorenson, M. D. 2007. Integrative systematics at the species level: plumage, songs and molecular phylogeny of quailfinches Ortygospiza Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club. 217(1): 4-26.

202. Sefc, K. M., Payne, R. B. and Sorenson, M. D. 2006. Single base errors in PCR products from avian museum specimens and their effect on estimates of historical genetic diversity. Conservation Genetics. doi.org/10.1007/s10592-006-9240-8

201. Payne, R. B. 2006. Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea). The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.), 66 pp. Ithaca: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; Retrieved from The Birds of North America Online database: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/account/Indigo_Bunting/ . doi:10.2173/bna.4

200. Payne, R. B. and M. D. Sorenson. 2006. Song lines. Natural History 115(7): 41.

199. Payne, R. B. 2006. Indigo Bunting passerina cyanea. The Birds of North America (revised, online).

198. Barlow, C. R., R. B. Payne, L. L. Payne and M. D. Sorenson. 2006. Sierra Leone prinia Schistolais leontica in the Fouta-Djalon of Guinea, its distribution, song, and species status. African Bird Club Bulletin 13: 42-45.

197. Payne, R. B. 2005. Little-known African bird: Mali firefinch. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 12: 168-169.

196. Dean, W. J. R. and R. B. Payne. 2005. Cuculidae (5 species accounts); firefinch (2 species accounts); whydahs and indigobirds (8 species accounts). In Roberts Birds of South Africa, 7th ed. (P.A.R. Hockey, W. R. J. Dean & P. G. Ryan, eds.) The Trustees of the John velcker Bird Book fund, Cape Town.

195. Sefc, K. M., R. B. Payne and M. D. Sorenson. 2005. Genetic continuity of brood parasitic indigobird species. Molecular Ecology 14:1407-1419.

194. Payne, R. B., C. R. Barlow, C. N. Balakrishnan and M. D. Sorenson. 2005. Song mimicry of black-bellied firefinch Lagonosticta rara and other finches by the brood-parasitic indigobird Vidua camerunensis in West Africa . Ibis, 147:130-143.

193. Payne, R. B. 2005. The Cuckoos, Birds Families of the World. Oxford University Press. 618 pp plus 20 color plates.

192. Payne, R. B. 2005. Nestling mouth markings and colors of Old World finches Estrildidae: mimicry and coevolution of nesting finches and their Vidua brood parasites. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Museum of Zoology 194. Available from UMMZ Publications Office for $20.00 See cover and abstract here.

191. Payne, R. B. 2004. Family Viduidae: whydahs, indigobirds, cuckoo-finch, in: The Birds of Africa, vol. 7 (C. H. Fry and S. Keith, Eds.), pp 416-450. London : Christopher Helm.

190. Payne, R B. and C. R. Barlow. Songs of Mali Firefinch Lagonosticta virata and their mimicry by Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola in West Africa. Malimbus 26:11-18.

189. Payne, R. B. 2004. Genus Lagonosticta Cabanis (species accounts), In: The Birds of Africa, vol. 7 (C. H. Fry and S. Keith, Eds.), pp 359-378. London : Christopher Helm.

188. Payne, R. B. 2004. Genus Uraeginthus Cabanis, Genus Granatina Sharpe (species accounts), In: The Birds of Africa, vol. 7 (C. H. Fry and S. Keith, Eds.), pp 324-338. London : Christopher Helm.

187. Sorenson, M. D., C. N. Balakrishnan and R. B. Payne. 2004. Clade-limited colonization in brood-parasitic finches (Vidua spp.). Syst. Biology 53:140-153.

186. Payne, R. B. & M. D. Sorenson. 2004. Behavioral and genetic identification of a hybrid Vidua: maternal origin and mate choice in a brood-parasitic finch. Auk 121: 156-161.

185. Lei FM, H. G. Zhao, G. Wang and R. B. Payne. 2003. Vocalizations and species limits of the plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus ) and the brush cuckoo (C. variolosus). Folia Zoologica 52: 399-411.

184. Lei FM and R. B. Payne. 2002. Territorial songs of the drongo cuckoo complex (Surniculus lugubris and S. velutinus). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50: 205-213.

183. Payne, R. B. and M. D. Sorenson. 2003. Museum collections as sources of genetic data. Bonn. Zool. Beitrage 51 (2002):97-104.

182. Sefc, K. M., Payne, R. B. and Sorenson, M. D. 2003. Microsatellite amplification from museum feather samples: the effects of fragment size and template concentration on genotyping errors. Auk 120: 982-989.

181. Sorenson, M. D., K. M. Sefc, and R. B. Payne. 2003. Speciation by host switch in brood parasitic indigobirds. Nature 424:928-931. Supplemental Information.

180. Lahti, D. M. and R. B. Payne. 2003. Morphological and behavioural evidence of relationships of the cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 123: 113-125.

179. Payne, R. B., C. S. Parr and L. L. Payne. 2003. Song mimicry, song dialects, and behavioural context of songs in brood-parasitic straw-tailed whydahs, Vidua fischeri. Ostrich 74: 87-96.

178. Sefc, K. M, R. B. Payne and M. D. Sorenson. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of African sunbird-like warblers: moho (Hypergerus atriceps), green hylia (Hylia prasina) and tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushiae). Ostrich 74: 8-17.

177. Sorenson, M. D. and R. B. Payne. 2002. Molecular genetic perspectives on avian brood parasitism. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 388-400.

176. Payne, R. B., K. Hustler, R. Stjernstedt, K. M. Sefc and M. D. Sorenson. 2002. Behavioural and genetic evidence of a recent population switch to a novel host species in brood parasitic indigobirds Vidua chalybeata. Ibis 145: 373-383.

175. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 2002. Begging for parental care from another species: behavioural specialization and generalization in brood-parasitic finches. In: The Evolution of Begging: Competition, Cooperation and Communication (J. Wright and M. L. Leonard, Eds.), pp. 429-450. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

174. Sorenson, M. D. and R. B. Payne. 2001. A single ancient origin of brood parasitism in African finches: implications for host-parasite coevolution. Evolution 55: 2550-2567.

173. Sefc, K. M., R. B. Payne and M. D. Sorenson. 2001. Characterization of microsatellite loci in village indigobirds Vidua chalybeata and cross-species amplification in estrildid and ploceid finches. Molecular Ecology Notes 1: 252-254.

172. Payne, R. B., J. L. Woods and L. L. Payne. 2001. Parental care in estrildid finches: experimental tests of a model of Vidua brood parasitism. Animal Behaviour 62: 473-483.

171a. Sorenson, M. D. and R. B. Payne. 2001. Phylogeny and biogeography of estrildid finches: tests of species limits and implications for the coevolution of estrildids and their brood parasites (abstract). Ostrich Suppl. 15:23.

171. Payne, R. B. 2001. Recent additions to the list of type specimens of birds collected by Walter Koelz in the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Systematic notes on Asian birds 20. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 335: 229-234.

170. Payne, R. B. 2000. Ornithology at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: an historical account. In: Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology, vol. 2 (W. E. Davis and J. A. Jackson, eds), pp. 1-58. Nuttall Ornithological Society, Memoirs No. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts.

169. Payne, R. B., C. R. Barlow and T. Wacher. 2000. Adamawa turtle dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha in The Gambia, with comparison of its calls in The Gambia and Nigeria. Malimbus 22: 37-40.

168. Payne, R. B., J. L. Woods, M. Siddall and C. S. Parr. 2000. Randomization analyses: mimicry, geographic variation and cultural evolution of song in brood-parasitic straw-tailed whydahs, Vidua fischeri. Ethology 106: 261-282.

167. Bhatt, D., A. Kumar, Y. Singh and R. B. Payne. 2000. Territorial songs and calls of the oriental magpie robin Copsychus saularis. Current Science 78: 722-728.

166. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne, J. L. Woods and M. D. Sorenson. 2000. Imprinting and the origin of parasite-host species associations in brood parasitic indigobirds Vidua chalybeata. Animal Behaviour 59: 69-81.

165. Payne, R. B. 1999. Review of: The Avian Brood Parasites, by Paul A. Johnsgard. Auk 116: 287-290.

164. Payne, R. B. 1998. Obituary: Charles G. Sibley. Ibis 140: 697-699.

163. Payne, R. B. 1998. Finches: weavers, waxbills and sparrows. In: Encyclopedia of Birds, revised edition (J. Forshaw, Ed.). Academic Press, New York: 216-222.

162. Payne, R. B. 1998. Review of: The Birds of Africa, volume 5, Edited by Emil K. Urban, C. Hilary Fry, and Stuart Keith. Wilson Bull. 110: 451-453.

161. Payne, R. B. 1998. A new species of firefinch Lagonosticta from northern Nigeria, and its association with the Jos Plateau Indigobird Vidua maryae. Ibis 140: 368-381.

160. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and J. L. Woods. 1998. Song learning in brood parasitic indigobirds Vidua chalybeata: song mimicry of the host species. Animal Behaviour 55: 1537-1553.

159. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1998. Nestling eviction and vocal begging behaviors in Australian glossy cuckoos Chrysococcyx basalis and C. lucidus. In: Parasitic Birds and their Hosts, Studies in Coevolution (S. I. Rothstein and S. K. Robinson, Eds.), pp. 152-169. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

158. Klein, N. K. and R. B. Payne. 1998. Evolutionary associations of brood parasitic finches (Vidua) and their host species: analyses of mitochondrial restriction sites. Evolution 52: 299-315.

157. Payne, R. B. 1998. Brood parasitism in birds: strangers in the nest. BioScience 48: 377-386.

156. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1998. Brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds: risks and costs on reproductive success and survival in indigo buntings. Behavioral Ecology 9: 64-73.

155. Payne, R. B. 1997. Family Cuculidae (Cuckoos). in: Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 4 (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, Eds.), pp. 508-607. BirdLife / Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

154. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and M. D. Hopkins. 1997. Grey-headed broadbill Smithornis sharpei, new to Nigeria. Malimbus 19: 100-101.

153. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and C. R. Barlow. 1997. Observation of Savile's bustard Eupodotis savilei in The Gambia. Malimbus 19: 97-99.

152. Payne, R. B. 1997. Field identification of the brood-parasitic whydahs Vidua and cuckoo finch Anomalospiza. Bull. African Bird Club 4: 18-28.

151. Payne, R. B. 1997. The Mali Firefinch Lagonosticta virata in Senegal. Malimbus 19: 39-41.

150. Payne, R. B. 1997. review of: Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, by D. A. Zimmerman, D. A. Turner, and D. J. Pearson. Condor 99: 559-560.

149. Payne, R. B. 1997. Avian brood parasitism. In: Host-Parasite Evolution: General Principles and Avian Models (D. H. Clayton and J. Moore, Eds.), pp. 338-369. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

148. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1997. Field observations, experimental design, and the time and place of learning in bird songs. In: Social Influences on Vocal Development (C. Snowdon and M. Hausberger, Eds.), pp. 57-84. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

147. Payne, R. B. 1996. Song traditions in indigo buntings: origin, improvisation, dispersal, and extinction in cultural evolution. In: Ecology and Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Birds (D. E. Kroodsma and E. H. Miller, Eds.), pp. 198-220. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

146. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1996. Demography, dispersal and the persistence of partnerships in indigo buntings. In: Partnerships in Birds: The Study of Monogamy (J. M. Black, Ed.), pp. 305-320. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

145. Payne, R. B. 1996. Field identification of the indigobirds. Bull. African Bird Club 3: 14-25.

144. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1995. Song mimicry and association of brood-parasitic indigobirds (Vidua) with Dybowski's twinspot (Euschistospiza dybowskii). Auk 112: 649-658.

143. Payne, R. B. 1994. Review of: Finches & Sparrows, An Identification Guide, by P. Clement. Quart. Rev. Biol. 69: 413.

142. Payne, R. B. 1994. Brood parasitism in Nigerian birds. In: The Birds of Nigeria, 2nd Edition. ed. J. H. Elgood et al. Brit. Ornithol. Union. Checklist no. 4: 53-56.

141. Payne, R. B. 1994. The species of indigobirds Vidua in Zimbabwe. Honeyguide 40: 78-86.

140. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1994. Song mimicry and species associations of west African indigobirds Vidua with quail-finch Ortygospiza atricollis, goldbreast Amandava subflava and brown twinspot Clytospiza monteiri. Ibis 136: 291-304.

139. Payne, R. B. 1994. Clutch size, laying periodicity and behaviour in the honeyguides Indicator indicator and I. minor. Proc. VII Pan-African Ornithol. Congress, Nairobi, 1988: 537-547.

138. Payne, R. B. 1994. Review of: Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 6th Ed., by G. L. Maclean. Wilson Bull. 106: 184-185.

137. Payne, R. B. 1993. Review of: The Birds of Africa, vol. IV, ed. by S. Keith, E. K. Urban, and C. H. Fry. Auk 110: 664-666.

136. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1993. Song copying and cultural transmission in indigo buntings. Anim. Behav. 46: 1045-1065.

135. Klein, N. K., R. B. Payne and M. E. D. Nhlane. 1993. A molecular genetic perspective on speciation in the brood parasitic Vidua finches. Proc. VIII Pan-African Ornithol. Congress, Bujumbura, 1992: 29-39.

134. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne, M. E. D. Nhlane and K. Hustler. 1993. Species status and distribution of the parasitic indigobirds Vidua in east and southern Africa. Proc. VIII Pan-African Ornithol. Congress, Bujumbura, 1992: 40-52.

133. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1993. Breeding dispersal in indigo buntings: circumstances and consequences for breeding success and population structure. Condor 95: 1-24.

132. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and M. E. D. Nhlane. 1992. Song mimicry and species status of the green widowfinch Vidua codringtoni. Ostrich 63: 86-97.

131. Payne, R. B. 1992. Indigo bunting. The Birds of North America, no. 4 (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim and F. Gill, Eds.), pp. 1-24. Philadelphia: Amer. Ornithol. Union.

130. Payne, R. B. 1992. Review of: Golden-crowned Kinglets, Treetop Nesters of the North Woods, by R. Galati. Quart. Rev. Biol. 67: 43.

129. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne, I. Rowley and E. M. Russell. 1991. Social recognition and response to song in cooperative red-winged fairy-wrens. Auk 108: 811-819.

128. Payne, R. B. 1991. Weavers, waxbills and sparrows. In: Encyclopedia of Birds (J. Forshaw, Ed.), pp. 216-223. Sydney: Weldon Owen.

127. Payne, R. B. 1991. Species accounts: willow flycatcher, alder flycatcher, blue-winged warbler, golden-winged warbler, and indigo bunting. In: The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Michigan (R. Brewer, G. A. McPeek and R. J. Adams, Jr., Eds.), pp. 284-287, 384-387, 460-461. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing.

126. Payne, R. B. 1991. Female and first-year male plumages of paradise whydahs Vidua interjecta. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 111: 95-100.

125. Payne, R. B. 1991. Natal dispersal and population structure in a migratory songbird, the indigo bunting. Evolution 45: 49-62.

124. Payne, R. B. 1990. Natal dispersal, area effects, and effective population size. J. Field Ornithol. 61: 396-403.

123. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1990. Survival estimates of indigo buntings: comparison of banding recoveries and local observations. Condor 92: 938-946.

122. Payne, R. B. 1990. Review of: Ecology of Birds, an Australian Perspective, by H. A. Ford. Quart. Rev. Biol. 65: 232-233.

121. Payne, R. B. 1990. Review of: Current Ornithology, vol. 6. Quart. Rev. Biol. 65: 96.

120. Payne, R. B. 1990. Song mimicry by the village indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) of the red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala). Vogelwarte 35: 321-328.

119. Rowley, I., E. Russell, R. B. Payne and L. L. Payne. 1989. Plural breeding in the splendid fairy-wren, Malurus splendens (Aves: Maluridae), a cooperative breeder. Ethology 83: 229-247.

118. Payne, R. B. 1989. A checklist of Michigan birds. In: Enjoying Birds in Michigan, 4th ed. (J. Eastman, Ed.), pp. 136-143. Lansing, Michigan: Michigan Audubon Society.

117. Payne, R. B. 1989. Indigo bunting. In: Lifetime Reproduction in Birds (I. Newton, Ed.), pp. 153-172. New York: Academic Press.

116. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Payne. 1989. Heritability estimates and behaviour observations: extra-pair matings in indigo buntings. Anim. Behav. 38: 457-467.

115. Payne, R. B. 1989. Commentary on the melba finches Pytilia melba of Djibouti and the requirement of a specimen for a taxonomic description. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 109: 117-119.

114. Payne, R. B. and H.-R. Güttinger. 1989. Introduction: On the causes and consequences of song dialects. In: Acta XIX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici, pp. 1582-1584.

113. Payne, R. B. and H.-R. Güttinger, co-conveners. 1989. Bird song dialects, a symposium. Acta XIX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici, pp. 1581-1626.

112. Payne, R. B. 1989. Egg size of African honeyguides (Indicatoridae): specialization for brood parasitism? Tauraco 1: 201-210.

111. Payne, R. B. 1988. Review of: Birds of the Transvaal, by W. R. Tarboton, M. I. Kemp and A. C. Kemp. Auk 105: 825-826.

110. Payne, R. B. 1988. Review of: Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa, by J. C. Sinclair. Auk 105: 821-822.

109. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and S. Whitesell. 1988. Interspecific learning and cultural transmission of song in house finches. Wilson Bull. 100: 667-670.

108. Payne, R. B. and D. F. Westneat. 1988. A genetic and behavioral analysis of mate choice and song neighborhoods in indigo buntings. Evolution 42: 935-947.

107. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and I. Rowley. 1988. Kin and social relationships in splendid fairy-wrens: recognition by song in a cooperative bird. Anim. Behav. 36: 1341-1351.

106. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and I. Rowley. 1988. Kinship and nest defence in cooperative birds: splendid fairy-wrens Malurus splendens. Anim. Behav. 36: 939-941.

105. Payne, R. B. 1988. Review of: Conservation of Cameroon Montane Forests, Ed. by S. N. Stuart. Wilson Bull. 100: 158-159.

104. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and S. M. Doehlert. 1988. Biological and cultural success of song memes in indigo buntings. Ecology 69: 104-117.

103. Payne, R. B. 1987. Song dialects and neighborhood habitats in the indigobirds Vidua chalybeata and V. purpurascens at Lochinvar National Park, Zambia. J. Field Ornithol. 58: 152-170.

102. Payne, R. B. 1987. Populations and type specimens of a nomadic bird: comments on the North American crossbills Loxia pusilla Gloger 1834 and Crucirostra minor Brehm 1845. Occ. Pap. Univ. Mich. Museum of Zoology 714: 1-37 pp.

101. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and S. M. Doehlert. 1987. Song, mate choice and the question of kin recognition in a migratory songbird. Anim. Behav. 35: 35-47.

100. Payne, R. B. 1986. Bird song and avian systematics. Current Ornithol. 3: 87-125.

99. Higuchi, H. and R. B. Payne. 1986. Nestling and fledgling plumages of Cuculus saturatus horsfieldi and C. poliocephalus poliocephalus in Japan. Japanese J. Ornithol. 65: 61-65.

98. Westneat, D. F., R. B. Payne and S. M. Doehlert. 1986. Effects of muscle biopsy on survival and breeding success in indigo buntings. Condor 88: 220-227.

97a. Payne, R. B. 1986. Review of: South African Red Data Book - Birds, by R. K. Brooke. Wilson Bull. 98:181-182.

97. Payne, R. B. 1986. Review of: Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 5th Ed., by G. L. Maclean. Wilson Bull. 98: 179-181.

96. Payne, R. B. 1985. Review of: Nest Building and Bird Behavior, by N. E. Collias and E. Collias. Amer. Sci. 73: 388-389.

95. Payne, R. B. 1985. The species of parasitic finches in West Africa. Malimbus 7: 103-113.

94. Payne, R. B. 1985. Song populations and dispersal in steelblue and purple widowfinches. Ostrich 56: 135-146.

93. Payne, R. B. 1985. Behavioral continuity and change in local song populations of village indigobirds Vidua chalybeata. Z. Tierpsychol. 70: 1-44.

92. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and I. Rowley. 1985. Splendid wren Malurus splendens response to cuckoos: an experimental test of helping and social organization in a communal bird. Behaviour 94: 108-127.

91. Payne, R. B. 1985. Whydah. In: A Dictionary of Birds (B. Campbell and E. Lack, Eds.), pp. 652-654. Calton: T. and A. D. Poyser.

90. Payne, R. B. 1985. Cuckoo. In: A Dictionary of Birds (B. Campbell and E. Lack, Eds.), pp. 123-126. Calton: T. and A. D. Poyser.

89. Payne, R. B., L. L. Payne and S. M. Doehlert. 1984. Interspecific song learning in a wild chestnut-sided warbler. Wilson Bull. 96: 292-294.

88. Payne, R. B. and K. D. Groschupf. 1984. Sexual selection and interspecific competition: a field experiment on territorial behavior of nonparental finches (Vidua spp.). Auk 101: 140-145.

87. Payne, R. B. 1984. Sexual selection, lek and arena behavior, and sexual size dimorphism in birds. Ornithol. Monogr. 33: 52 pp.

86. Payne, R. B. and L. L. Master. 1983. Breeding of a mixed pair of white-shielded and red-shielded American coots in Michigan. Wilson Bull. 95: 467-469.

85. Payne, R. B. 1983. The social context of song mimicry: song-matching dialects in indigo buntings. Anim. Behav. 31: 788-805.

84. Payne, R. B., and M. Louette. 1983. What is Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis Reichenow, 1910? Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 59, Annalen für Ornithologie 7, 157-161.

83. Payne, R. B. 1983. Bird songs, sexual selection, and female mating strategies. In: Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates (S. K. Wasser, Ed.), pp. 55-90. New York: Academic Press.

82. Payne, R. B. 1983. A distributional checklist of the birds of Michigan. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Museum of Zoology 164: 71 pp.

81. Payne, R. B. 1982. Review of: The Cuckoo, by I. Wyllie. Wilson Bull. 94: 233-235.

80. Payne, R. B. 1982. Species limits in the indigobirds (Ploceidae, Vidua) of West Africa: mouth mimicry, song mimicry, and description of new species. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Museum of Zoology 162: 96 pp.

79. Payne, R. B. 1982. Ecological consequences of song matching: breeding success and intraspecific song mimicry in indigo buntings. Ecology 63: 401-411.

78. Payne, R. B. 1981. Persistence of local wingflap dialects in flappet larks Mirafra rufocinnamomea. Ibis 123: 507-511.

77. Payne, R. B., W. L. Thompson, K. L. Fiala and L. L. Sweany. 1981. Local song traditions in indigo buntings: cultural transmission of behavior patterns across generations. Behaviour 77: 199-221.

76. Payne, R. B. 1981. Song learning and social interaction in indigo buntings. Anim. Behav. 20: 688-697.

75. Payne, R. B. 1981. Population structure and social behavior: models for testing the ecological significance of song dialects in birds. In: Natural Selection and Social Behavior (R. D. Alexander and D. W. Tinkle, Eds.), pp. 108-120. New York: Chiron Press.

74. Payne, R. B. 1980. Behavior, songs, and populations of parasitic finches. Nat. Geogr. Soc. Res. Reports 12: 541-550.

73. Payne, R. B. 1980. Seasonal incidence of breeding, moult and local dispersal of red-billed firefinches Lagonosticta senegala in Zambia. Ibis 122: 43-56.

72. Payne, R. B. 1980. Behavior and songs in hybrid parasitic finches. Auk 97: 118-134.

71. Payne, R. B. 1979, 1980. Sexual selection and intersexual differences in variation of mating success. Am. Nat. 114: 447-452; 115: 149.

70. Payne, R. B. 1979. Song structure, behaviour, and sequence of song types in a population of village indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata. Anim. Behav. 27: 997-1013.

69. Payne, R. B. 1979. Review of: A Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa, by W. Serle and G. J. Morel. Auk 96: 436.

68. Payne, R. B. 1979. Two apparent hybrid sparrows (Zonotrichia species). Auk 96: 595-599.

67. Payne, R. B. 1979. Family Ardeidae. In: Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. 1, 2nd Ed. (E. Mayr and G. W. Cottrell, Eds.), pp. 193-244. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press.

66. Payne, R. B. and P. W. Budde. 1979. Song differences and map distances in a population of acadian flycatchers. Wilson Bull. 91: 29-41.

65. Payne, R. B. 1978. Review of: The Birds of Malao(w,^)i, by C. W. Benson and F. M. Benson. Wilson Bull. 90: 666-667.

64. Payne, R. B. 1978. Review of: Roberts Birds of South Africa, 4th Ed., by G. R. McLachlan and R. Liversidge. Wilson Bull. 90: 667-668.

63. Payne, R. B. 1978. Microgeographic variation in songs of splendid sunbirds Nectarinia coccinigaster: population phenetics, habitats, and song dialects. Behaviour 65: 282-308.

62. Payne, R. B. 1978. Local dialects in the wingflaps of flappet larks Mirafra rufocinnamomea. Ibis 120: 204-207.

61. Payne, R. B. and K. Payne. 1977. Social organization and mating success in local song populations of village indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata. Z. Tierpsychol. 45: 113-173.

60. Payne, R. B. 1977. The ecology of brood parasitism in birds. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 8: 1-28.

59. Payne, R. B. 1977. Juvenile plumages of Cuculus canorus and C. gularis in Africa. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 97: 48-53.

58. Payne, R. B. 1977. Clutch size, egg size, and the consequences of single vs. multiple parasitism in parasitic finches. Ecology 58: 500-513.

57. Payne, R. B. 1976. The clutch size and numbers of eggs of brown-headed cowbirds: effects of latitude and breeding season. Condor 78: 337-342.

56. Payne, R. B. and C. J. Risley. 1976. Systematics and evolutionary relationships among the herons (Ardeidae). Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Museum of Zoology 150: 115 pp.

55. Payne, R. B. and H. F. Howe. 1976. Cleptoparasitism by gulls of migrating shorebirds. Wilson Bull. 88: 349-351.

54. Payne, R. B. 1976. Song mimicry and species relationships among the West African pale-winged indigobirds. Auk 93: 25-38.

53. Payne, R. B. 1975, 1977. Review of: Les Oiseaux de l'ouest Africaine, by C. Chappuis. Bird-Banding 46: 186-188; 48: 185.

52. Payne, R. B. 1975. Review of: Breeding Biology of Birds, Ed. by D. S. Farner. Wilson Bull. 87: 120-122.

51. Payne, R. B. 1974. Tufted duck in Michigan. Jack-Pine Warbler 52: 150-151.

50. Payne, R. B. 1974. Species limits and variation of the New World green herons Butorides virescens and striated herons B. striatus. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 94: 81-88.

49. Payne, R. B. 1974. The evolution of clutch size and reproductive rates in parasitic cuckoos. Evolution 28: 169-181.

48. Payne, R. B. 1973. Vocal mimicry of the paradise whydahs (Vidua) and response of female whydahs to the songs of their hosts (Pytilia) and their mimics. Anim. Behav. 21: 762-771.

47. Payne, R. B. 1973. Individual laying histories and the clutch size and numbers of eggs of parasitic cuckoos. Condor 75: 414-438.

46. Payne, R. B. 1973. The breeding season of a parasitic bird, the brown-headed cowbird, in central California. Condor 75: 80-99.

45. Payne, R. B. 1973. Wingflap dialects in the flappet lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea. Ibis 115: 270-274.

44. Parmelee, D. F. and R. B. Payne. 1973. On multiple broods and the breeding strategy of arctic sanderlings. Ibis 115: 218-226.

43. Payne, R. B. 1973. Review of: Birds of the African rain forests, by S. Keith. Auk 90: 455-456.

42. Payne, R. B. 1973. Review of: Duetting and antiphonal song in birds, its extent and significance, by W. H. Thorpe. Auk 91: 451-453.

41. Payne, R. B. 1973. Review of: The Birds of Zambia, by C. W. Benson, R. K. Brooke, R. J. Dowsett and M. P. S. Irwin. Auk 90: 223-224.

40. Payne, R. B. 1973. Behavior, mimetic songs and song dialects, and relationships of the parasitic indigobirds (Vidua) of Africa. Ornithol. Monogr. 11: 333 pp.

39. Payne, R. B. 1972. Mechanisms and control of molt. In: Avian Biology, Vol. 2 (D. S. Farner and J. R. King, Eds.), pp. 103-155. New York: Academic Press.

38. Payne, R. B. 1972. A place in Africa called Lochinvar. Goldeneye 11(5): 1,2,8.

37. Payne, R. B. 1972. Nuts, bones, and a nesting of red crossbills in the Panamint Mountains, California. Condor 74: 485-486.

36. Payne, R. B. 1972. Review of: Birds of West Central and Western Africa, Vol. 1, by G. W. Mackworth-Praed and C. H. B. Grant. Auk 89: 210-212.

35. Payne, R. B. 1972. Review of: Roberts Birds of South Africa, 3rd Ed., by G. R. McLachlan and R. Liversidge. Auk 89: 209-210.

34. Payne, R. B. 1971. Duetting and chorus singing in African birds. Ostrich Suppl. 9: 125-145.

33. Payne, R. B. 1971. Paradise whydahs Vidua paradisaea and V. obtusa of southern and eastern Africa, with notes on differentiation of the females. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 91: 66-76.

32. Payne, R. B. 1970. Second recorded nesting of golden-fronted woodpecker in Oklahoma. Bull. Okla. Ornithol. Soc. 3: 16.

31. Payne, R. B. and M. Landolt. 1970. Thyroid histology of tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) in the annual cycle, breeding, and molt. Condor 72: 411-417.

30. Payne, R. B. 1970. The mouth markings of juvenal Vidua regia and Uraeginthus granatinus. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 90: 16-18.

29. Payne, R. B. and N. G. Skinner. 1970. Temporal patterns of duetting in African barbets. Ibis 112: 173-183.

28. Payne, R. B. 1970. Temporal pattern of duetting in the Barbary shrike Laniarius barbarus. Ibis 112: 106-108.

27. Payne, R. B. 1969. Lesser goldfinch in Comanche County, Oklahoma, in winter. Bull. Okla. Ornithol. Soc. 2: 24.

26. Payne, R. B. 1969. The breeding seasons and reproductive physiology of tricolored blackbirds and redwinged blackbirds. Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 90: 1-137.

25. Payne, R. B. 1969. Giant cowbird solicits preening from man. Auk 86: 751-752.

24. Payne, R. B. 1969. Unpneumatized skull condition in adult scaly-fronted weavers, Sporopipes frontalis. Auk 87: 570.

23. Payne, R. B. 1969. Nest parasitism and display of chestnut sparrows in a colony of grey-capped social weavers. Ibis 111: 300-307.

22. Payne, R. B. 1969. Overlap of breeding and molting schedules in a collection of African birds. Condor 71: 140-145.

21. Payne, R. B. 1969. Band-tailed pigeon in southwestern Michigan. Jack-Pine Warbler 47: 54-55.

20. Payne, R. B. 1968. Purple gallinule at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma. Bull. Okla. Ornithol. Soc. 1: 23.

19. Payne, R. B. 1968. Mimicry and relationships in the indigobirds or combassous of Nigeria. Nigerian Ornithol. Soc. Bull. 5: 57-60.

18. Payne, R. B. 1968. Review of: The Sunbirds of Southern Africa, by C. J. Skead. Auk 85: 330-331.

17. Payne, R. B. 1968. A preliminary report on the relationships of the indigobirds. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 88: 32-36.

16. Payne, R. B. 1968. Unpneumatized skull condition in breeding grey-crowned social weavers Pseudonigrita arnaudi. Ostrich 39: 158-159.

15. Payne, R. B. 1968. The birds of mopane woodland and other habitats of Hans Merensky Nature Reserve, Transvaal, South Africa. South African Avifauna Series 56: 1-32.

14. Payne, R. B. and K. Payne. 1967. House sparrows reach the Zambezi River in Mozambique. Ostrich 38: 283-284.

13. Payne, R. B. 1967. Lybius guifsobalito occurs in Kenya. Ostrich 38: 283.

12. Payne, R. B. 1967. Gonadal responses of brown-headed cowbirds to long daylength. Condor 69: 289-297.

11. Payne, R. B. 1967. Interspecific communication signals in parasitic birds. Am. Nat. 101: 363-376.

10. Payne, R. B. and K. Payne. 1967. Cuckoo hosts in southern Africa. Ostrich 38: 135-143.

9. Payne, R. B. 1967. Vidua obtusa in the Transvaal, South Africa. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 87: 93-95.

8. Payne, R. B. 1967. Nest and eggs of Buccanodon anchietae. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 87: 34-35.

7. Payne, R. B. 1966. The post-ovulatory follicles of blackbirds (Agelaius). J. Morphol. 118: 331-351.

6. Payne, R. B. 1966. Absence of brood patch in Cassin auklets. Condor 68: 209-210.

5. Payne, R. B. 1965. The molt of breeding Cassin auklets. Condor 67: 220-228.

4. Payne, R. B. 1965. Clutch size and numbers of eggs laid by brown-headed cowbirds. Condor 67: 44-60.

3. Payne, R. B. 1961. Age variation and time of migration of Swainson's and gray-cheeked thrushes. Wilson Bull. 73: 384-386.

2. Payne, R. B. 1961. Growth rate of the lens of the eye of house sparrows. Condor 63: 338-340.

1. Payne, R. B. 1960. Notes on the occurrence of Craspedacusta in two natural lakes in Michigan. Trans. Amer. Micro. Soc. 79: 108.