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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum. The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached. Prized for their feathers, most of the birds that are recovered do not have their tags, the biodata, attached. Mostly adult males. The Flame Bowerbird, for example.