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<p class="MsoNormal">I like John’s recommendation. One caveat is to make sure that any backing paper used in the envelope (Mylar is the preferred envelope), is pH neutral, 100% cotton rag paper. Avoid paper that has an alkaline reserve because direct contact
with alkalis will increase the rate of oxidation of the pigments in the feathers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>John E Simmons<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 17, 2022 10:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sergio Montagud <sergio.montagud@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Collection of feathers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">For loose feathers (those not attached to a specimen), you might consider housing them in polyethylene or Mylar sheet protectors. This is the system used by Dra.
Letty Salinas Sánchez in the Departamento de Ornitología at the Museo de Historia Natural in Lima. It works well to keep the feathers from being damaged, and they can be examined without having to remove them from the sheet protectors, and an identification
label included with each feather. Letty has built up a very useful collection of loose feathers that are used in forensic identification. Here is a photo of the system:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Associate Curator of Collections<br>
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>
Penn State University<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 7:42 AM Sergio Montagud <<a href="mailto:sergio.montagud@gmail.com">sergio.montagud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We want to afford a new collection of feathers, because a lot of people bring us them and some are particularly interesting for new areas and/or rare species.<span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Can someone recommended the best practice for this type of collection? Or perhaps some reference or article about this subject?<span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks in advance!<span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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