Pavo cristatus
name: label: Collector
content: Collector Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: I just completed XRF tests on the peacock, and I'm pleased to report that there is no sign of Arsenic, Lead, or Mercury on it. Test locations were above and below the left wing, across the back where the tailfeathers begin, and on the wooden log to which it is mounted. None showed signs of those hazards. It appears the mount is likely on a metal frame or mesh internally – there were significant quantities of iron in all checks of the bird itself. Additional notable metal presences (which may be from the feathers themselves, if I understand correctly how they act) included copper and trace amounts of zinc. The strongest presence overall, unsurprisingly, was sulfur, with plenty of silicon, calcium, potassium, and the other expected bits.
label: Notes
content: Not sure where this bird came from. Possibly it was mounted for the old bird hall. It was found in the collection and will be used more for exhibit request then anything else. It has no scientific value
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Locality Unknown
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Birds
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Pavo cristatus
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Birds Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2085851
label: USNM Number
content: 662890
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Aves, Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae
physicalDescription: label: Preparation
content: Skin: Mounted
label: Remarks
content: put in case with Argus Pheasant
label: Sex
content: Male