alonso@cgl.ucsf.edu (Darwin Alonso%Dill) (01/03/88)
What do you all thing about "collecting"? I remember the the first time I realized that alot of university zoo types actually blasted birds so that they could be stuffed and the ratios of certain bone lengths measured so that two very similar species/races could be dif- ferentiated (ref: Steamer Ducks in Tierra del Fuego by U. Kansas people) I was appalled. How prevalent is this? What is the prevailing attitude in academic ornithology towards collecting? My feelings are that collecting might be justified in a few exceptional cases, but should only be viewed as a last resort to solving a questions of major biological importance. Darwin O.V. Alonso alonso@cgl.ucsf.edu These opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of UCSF or anyone else.