One of the things I'm doing to help with a friend's forthcoming book on passenger pigeons is to determine how many specimens remain in Ohio, and where. I know about dozens, mostly in large museums, but I suspect there may be more, in small nature centers, college holdings, libraries, etc., even private collections. Here's what I have now: Ada: Ohio Northern University [need confirmation!]; Akron: Summit County Historical Society [need details!]; Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University; Cincinnati: Cincinnati Museum of Natural History; Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden; Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Natural History; Columbus: Ohio History Center, Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity; Dayton: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Defiance: Defiance College [need confirmation!]; Delaware: Ohio Wesleyan University; Norwalk: Firelands Historical Society; Oberlin: Oberlin College [most of their collection went to OSU decades ago; does a pigeon specimen remain?]; Portsmouth: Portsmouth Public Library. Information about any confirmations/details, or especially as-yet unknown troves, would be very welcome! If an ornithologist has ever helped you, here's a chance to give back! Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]