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Laura<br>
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The element of the skeleton, or the portion of the element, will determine the photograph angle to best illustrate the character(s) definitive to Passenger Pigeon. Some elements of a skeleton may be highly definitive while others less so, to not at all. I
suggest side-by-side comparative photographs with known skeletons from natural history collections. Due to the rarity of Passenger Pigeon skeletons in collections there could be hesitation about sending skeletons and you may have to travel to the institution
with your samples to make the photographs. <br>
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Thomas Labedz, Collections Manager<br>
Division of Botany and Division of Zoology<br>
University of Nebraska State Museum<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Nightengale, Laura H <lnightengale@mail.utexas.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Identifying passenger pigeons bones</font>
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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma; color:#000000; font-size:10pt">Listeros,<br>
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We have just encountered some bird bones in our collection that, although initially thought to be rabbit, have been identified as passenger pigeon. They are from a prehistoric context, placed in a pot that was interred in a Caddo grave.<br>
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I would like to photograph the bone, but need some guidance as to what feature(s) in the bone characterize the bird specifically as passenger pigeon. (I am an archeologist...)<br>
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Any help appreciated!<br>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">Laura Hillier Nightengale<br>
Head of Collections<br>
Texas Archeological Research Laboratory<br>
1 University Station, R7500<br>
Austin, TX 78712<br>
512-475-6853<br>
http://www.utexas.edu/research/tarl/<br>
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/<br>
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