Dried tissue is removed from skeletons by using dermestid beetle larvae (genus Dermestes).
•
Early scientific bird collections included those belonging to Pallas and Naumann in Germany, Latham and Tunstall in England and Adanson in France.
bird | Bird of prey | Important Bird Area | Hot Bird | Free Bird | Big Bird | Larry Bird | bird of prey | George Bird Grinnell | bird migration | Bird migration | Bird | Andrew Bird | Lady Bird Johnson | David Bird | Thrush (bird) | John Bird | harrier (bird) | Crane (bird) | Bird's Custard | Aaron Bird | thrush (bird) | Simon Bird | Morehead River Important Bird Area | Early Bird | Brad Bird | bird colony | Wendell Bird | The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Rook (bird) |
The huge collection of Bécoeur was purchased by the Duke of Zweibrücken for the cabinet of curiosities of the Château de Karlsberg, destroyed after the Siege of Mainz in 1793.