Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 29-30/2. (2010)
Zoology
The ornithological collection of Mures County Museum, Natural Science Branch We hope that the publication of this list will satisfy the ornithologist requests, which wanted to use our materials in multiple works prior. We hope this list will contribute as well to the ornithological inventory of the area offered by existing museum collections. Since there is no recent reference list, or a local reference list put together by specialized personnel, I will use the last ornithological publication: “Nomenclatorul päsärilor din Romania”, published in 2006, by László Szabó-Szeley and Zoltán Baczó, verified with www.faunaeur.org , as well as the polyglot bird dictionary. To prepare the specimens we have avoided strapping, using just zinc wire, galvanized wires, inox and copper. Artificial bodies were fabricated from wood shavings (on bigger specimens), and rarely out or sea grass. For skins we used moss, tailoring cotton, and sanitary cotton. After expanded polystyrene was available we learned at a specialization course how to sculpt the bodies out of this light material. Continuing this procedure at home as well, I crafted dozens of small and medium specimens using this material. Parasites eradication was done in a box with eremitic lid (100x170x140 cm) in which the skins were introduced (the skins and the drawers), as well as the gas (carbon sulfur, CSJ. The specimens were kept in the box for an interval of 2 days to a couple of weeks, trying to prevent hatching of possible future parasites. After emptying the box, I have noticed that some of the polystyrene bodies have diminished in size melting partially and forming a crust on the interior of the skins and wires, and in some small specimens they disappeared completely. I found the restoration of those specimens being a technical punishment, which came from the lack of detailed knowledge about the utilization of this new technique. I am proud of this failure since it was an outlet for professional growth, and I hope that any futures preparatory that are reading those lines will avoid such traps in the future. For the conservation of the specimens I have used arsenic until 2000, in addition to less toxic substances, learned from specialization courses. The collection was disinfected annually in the gas box, and after the carbon sulfur ban, we hired specialists for the preventive deparasitation of the building. In the last 20 years I have applied this treatment 3-4 times in the building with a spraying pump, using over the counter substances such as Empaire and K-Othrin SC 25. The specimens are treated with different aerosols insecticides. In the skins drawers we have used preventively naphthalene, and newly thymol crystals. The hygiene, dusting, and periodical verification of material are an obligatory routine. Momentarily, a new building is being worked on in the museum premises, where the ornithological department will be moved. For the past 10 years the section was arranged in an inadequate location in the adjacent attic of the office-laboratory. In the new building a healthy microclimate will be provided for the collection, since the organics specimens are more vulnerable to environmental impacts. This future possibility is bringing joy to the ones that contributed to the creation and growth of this collection, as well as to the staff. The names of localities are indicated according to the inventory register of the Targu- Mure§ Museum Natural Sciences Branch. List of collecting places 6 Martié, TL_________________________2 Mila 23, TL_____________________2 Acátari, MS__________________________1 Mitre?ti, MS____________________1 Adrianu Mare, MS____________________1 Moreffi, MS____________________37 Aluni$, MS__________________________1 MS____________________________6_ 123
