1. Avian skull
The Smithsonian houses the world's most diverse bird skeleton collection, including this skull of an American bittern. (See other aspects of the same species at 2 and 5.) 2. Study skin Also in the archives are more than 500,000 bird specimens, or study skins, representing 85 percent of avian species worldwide.
3. Feather sample
Dove (that's her hand pictured) and her team match mailed-in whole or partial feathers to study skins by color, size, or pattern.
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