It is indeed illegal for any non-permitted individual to posses this or any other bird listed by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The correct place to deposit this specimen would be with a museum. I will be happy to receive, prepare and archive the bird at the AMNH.

Paul



Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
Division of Vertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

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