This week I have a pretty easy mystery object for you. It’s a bird and it’s very distinctive:
You can put your questions, comments and suggestions (preferably cryptic!) below and I’ll do my best to respond. Good luck!
Zygoma
Adventures in natural history collections
Zygoma 
Hmm, distinctive Corvid cranium… Non UK species, the bill is too heavy for the bird to be ravin’ mad…
**c*rot***e ?
Crumbs, I don’t think I can work that one out! That probably means it’s not the right one though 😉
C. –b—l—?
Hmm, not the species I was thinking of – not sure I recognise which one you mean in fact!
I was thnking of the White-necked Raven
Ah, sorry – the species name didn’t fit the gaps you left, so it threw me!
Sorry, this type-face seems to merge multiple dashes into one long dash (———–); but that just makes it more of a challenge for everyone, including you 🙂 So, if not W-N R, I’ll second those opting for the T-B R
Not sue how this works. is it a C***** C***********s. (or a T-B R to us non-scientific types?
The B*** does look pretty T**** to me. I think you’ve cracked it. Cronk cronk!!