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Thank you all for the great suggestions, looks like we have some experimenting to do
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Knox, Dr Alan G. <a.g.knox@abdn.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 20, 2025 10:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Black, Nina <npblack@fas.harvard.edu>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Keeping bills shut</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="">Hi Nina</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="">I use small bits cut from soft plastic tubing. Very easy to pop on & take off when the skin has dried. Photo attached of some of the ones I use for small passerines. Could probably be used for larger birds as well.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dr Alan Knox</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 20 November 2025 14:57<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Keeping bills shut</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Does anyone have advice for an archival glue that can be used to keep bills closed when preparing bird skins, or perhaps can suggest a good method for this? We always tie them shut with string through the nostrils,
but for some birds that have long bills or oddly shaped ones it is hard to keep it closed. Some colleagues have used regular super glue, but I am not so keen on this idea</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Nina</span></p>
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