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Museum specimen ID help-3 (1 Viewer)
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Tib78
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The first one is a hen Reeves's pheasant:http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/jean-michel.fenerole/images/faisan.venere.jefe.1g.jpg
Don't know about the others...
Don't know about the others...
birdboybowley
Well-known member.....apparently so ;)
The other 2 are an Old World lark and what looks like an Old World warbler species.....
stonechat1
New member
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Have to agree with female Reeves Pheasant, the second bird is a lark but the bill looks too fine for A. arvensis and the third, for some reason, says Bonelli's Warbler ( probably wrong but the margins of the remiges look "right" and it looks as though the bird could have had a rather greyish wash to the back in life.)
Chris
Chris
Ok, the pheasant is done.
Skylark; the idea on the missing letters on the label seems to fit, as does the feather pattern on this specimen. Will look at this further.
The third I think I will need to get better photos.
Thanks.
stonechat1
New member
I don´t agree with Chris that the bill is to fine for Skylark. IMHO also the wing projection, lenght of tail and the feather pattern fits. The hood is misplaced as the feathers are sleeked to the cheek.
Jm2c
Jm2c
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Looking at the second photo of the Lark, structure and upperpart patterning do seem to fit A. arvensis. Perhaps my view that the bill looked rather fine could be an artifact caused by the age of the mount / stuffing technique. Where was the bird collected, as that could have bearing on the biometrics?
Chris
Chris
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