Hi Kathy,
You've probably gotten this answer already - but it would be great if you could contact the Burke Museum and add those wings to their teaching collection. My scientific illustration class used the Burke's wing collection for a drawing exercise, and it was a terrific education. I believe the Burke has one of the largest wing collections in the country.

Good luck!
Trileigh Tucker
Lincoln Park, West Seattle

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathryn Hornbein [mailto:kurlew at earthlink.net]
Sent: Fri 2/17/2006 13:19
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] women's hats

Some time ago I put out on tweeters that I have
two bird wings (they're connected at the
shoulder) of the sort that were harvested for
women's hats (preAS, of course). they're really
beautiful, but I cannot figure out what the
species is. Someone suggested I call ELW?S, which
I did. Also the SAS. No one really knows what to
do with them or seemed interested. So, unless
someone wants them or knows someone who wants
them, I thought I'd ebay them. I'm not interested
in money at all--just in someone who might take
good care of and use them.

kathy hornbein
bellevue wa
kurlew at earthlink.net
425-747-4936