. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Fig. 7: Numbers of specimens (bird skins, downy chick skins, bird skeletons, nests with clutches, spread wings, tis- sue for DNA analysis) in the bird collection of the Zoolog- ical Museum of Moscow University (November 2001). skins. The museum collection of nests and eggs is the largest one in East Europe and North Asia, and undoubtedly the largest in the world for the fauna of North-East Palearctic. The bird exhibition of the museum is not very large, it has 1184
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Fig. 7: Numbers of specimens (bird skins, downy chick skins, bird skeletons, nests with clutches, spread wings, tis- sue for DNA analysis) in the bird collection of the Zoolog- ical Museum of Moscow University (November 2001). skins. The museum collection of nests and eggs is the largest one in East Europe and North Asia, and undoubtedly the largest in the world for the fauna of North-East Palearctic. The bird exhibition of the museum is not very large, it has 1184 specimens dis- played, but the space in the exhibition halls limits our possibilities to show bird diversity. In the collection of study skins, birds from the former USSR territory predominate. Only a few vagrant and extremely rare species are missing. In the collection of downy chicks, divers, geese & ducks, waders, gulls and auks are all well represented. Other rather large collections are from Mongolia and China (about 1,000 each), and the USA (several hundred).. ir Leonovich 998 Among specimens of extinct and threatened species, the following species deserve mention: a Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratoria) and a Carolina Parra- keet (Comiropsis carolinensis) which are in the museum exhibition, skins of Short-tailed Albatross (Diomedea albatnis). Slender-billed Curlew (Nume- niiis teimirostris). Common Scaly Woodpecker (Piciis squamatus). Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephahts pahidi- cola), Jankowski's Bunting (Emberizajankowskii). Series of skins of Hawk Owls (240 specimens), large falcons (600), Goshawks (420), Willow Grouses (720 specimens) and some other species are also of great scientific importance. Series of hybrid buntings, grasshopper warblers, dippers, goldfinches (in total up to 1,000 specimens) are also unique. The collection of nests together with eggs is a pride of the museum. The oldest labelled eggs are those of House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail and Isabelline Whe
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