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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Each fly has a name and a ‘recipe’ to follow for its creation, a complicated procedure utilizing a hook, sometimes fur, sometimes wool, but always brightly colored feathers from rare birds. This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. Kelson, published in 1895.