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Field journals, field catalogs, and some manuscripts for unpublished papers pertaining to ornithological specimens acquired by curators and other collectors during expeditions worldwide sponsored by the Museum. Correspondence of curators primarily concerned with acquisition of specimens, exchange of scientific information, and curators' publications and research; also, catalogs of birds housed in the department. Card files maintained by James P. Chapin for his research on African birds, especially those of Zaire. Most records date from 1881 to 1980.

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

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The Department of Ornithology, sits within the Division of Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. It maintains one of the largest collections of bird specimens in the world. The research collections of the Department number nearly one million specimens; these include skins, skeletons, alcoholic preparations, eggs, nests, and tissue samples for molecular biochemical studies. A large number of type specimens and rare or extinct species are also found in its collections. The specime...