This week I have a nice mystery object for you to have a go at identifying:
I suspect it may be a bit of a challenge – the Charadriiformes can be notoriously tricky, so I wish you the best of luck!
Friday mystery object #498
Zygoma
Adventures in natural history collections
Zygoma 
Brelliant! Not much more to go on but a gut feeling and a whim!
Agreed. I was going to write on a whim, but found I had been beaten to it.
Agreed. It has all the identifying points
Thought to be extinct?
Well done Sallie, I do believe you are right. I didn’t even know about this species but after a bit of googling I can now see the poorly developed eyestripe and the long wings overhanging the tail suggest that this bird might be quite northern.
Well, I was going to say bird, but I see Adam beat me to it. And that’s about all I got.
Thanks, Adam. You know tons more about these things than I do! I always read your responses carefully.