Subject: Re: collecting
Date: Nov 16 17:04:55 1995
From: Steven Coles - scoles at zebu.serv.net


I have seen or can imagine various North American bird feathers being
used in imitation Native American headdresses, quill pens, hats &
Christmas ornaments. Hopefully, nowdays these are dyed chicken feathers.

Steven S. Coles
Seattle, Washington State, U.S.A.
<scoles at zebu.serv.net>

On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Stuart MacKay wrote:

> Feathers are there to protect species whose plumes are marketable - can't
> think of any other than ostrich at the moment, but I suppose there are some
> really cool birds of paradise that get hunted for their feathers.