In developing an accepted list of the birds of Ohio, we agree on evidence from museum specimens, photographs, and careful descriptions to verify the occurrence of the 400-plus species known to have been present in the state. One source of evidence to verify the presence of certain species in Ohio, however, has not been carefully considered. Specimens collected in Ohio which have ended up in museums in other states have not been carefully considered. More and more museums have made available lists of tag data and even photographs for specimens in their collections, and this has made studies of them easier to conduct. As of now, only the Ohio State University Museum has made available its bird holdings on the internet in Ohio, but other large museums, such as in Cincinnati and Cleveland, have for years promised to do likewise. Who knows, we may find new Ohio species in their care. I have tentatively explored the online records, and found that Ohio specimens of rarities, even species not known to have ever been collected in Ohio, can be found. Examples are a 1905 Brewer's Sparrow #90484 from Hamilton County in 1905 now at Univ. Kansas (possibly dubious), lots of old Ohio records of rarities like yellow rails, passenger pigeons, Kirtland's warblers, jaegers, gyrfalcons, murres, a cross of yellow-bellied and red-naped sapsuckers, etc. The Records Committee needs to troll through the holdings of important museums to find examples of new Ohio species, as well as occurrences at odd times of the year, etc. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]