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From my collection of bird skulls.
I am not sure about this but I believe it might be a Skua (Stercorarius species) It is 4 inches o/a (100mm) and as you can see has a heavy nail-like hook at the end. On second thoughts I think it is a Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) There is a little bump just behind that nail which looks as if it might be the opening to the nostrils, which sort of sit on top of the bill.
Interesting!
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Apr 24 2009 23:02 GMT ManiacMom PRO
That is interesting. Do you just find these or get them from someone?
Apr 25 2009 11:35 GMT Apus
I usually find them, in the form of dead birds. Some one once brought me a dead bird, I think it was a grebe, and I cut its head off put it in the compost heap in my garden for a few weeks then washed it to take the remaining meat off. All this was 30 years ago when I was lecturing, I used them to illustrate different aspects of ornithology.
Apr 25 2009 20:26 GMT bennystr
Fascinating series!

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