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Division of Birds

Labrador Duck
Labrador Duck
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  • Loan or destructive sampling requests (written on letterhead stationery) should be addressed to Drs. Gary Graves or Storrs Olson; requests concerning North American species should be addressed to Drs. Terry Chesser or Mercedes Foster.
  • Collection management questions should be addressed to James Dean or Claudia Angle.
  • Information on collection holdings concerning North American species should be directed to Roger Clapp or Craig Ludwig. Other collection holdings questions should be addressed to James Dean or Craig Ludwig. Please send your request to a single staff person to avoid duplication of effort.
  • General information requests regarding Birds should be addressed to Joy Gold, Information Specialist, Vertebrate Zoology.
  • Library reference questions may also be addressed by Courtney Ann Shaw, (shawc[at]si.edu) Vertebrate Zoology Librarian.
  • For information on other staff members, visit the Bird Staff Page. 

All Smithsonian staff can be reached by mail:

Division of Birds
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
National Museum of Natural History
Room E 607, MRC 116
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Phone: (202) 633-0800
Fax: (202) 633-8084

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center staff can be reached by mail:

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
National Museum of Natural History
Room 378, MRC 111
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Phone: (202) 633-0788

UPS and freight address:

Division of Birds
Smithsonian Institution
Room E 607, MRC 116
National Museum of Natural History
1000 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004

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