The Feather Thief
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Job, Book of, 41
Jock Scott Fly, 8–9, 60, 75
John, Elton, 85
Johnson, Kirk Wallace:
as author, 7–8, 187, 193, 195
in Bondivann, Norway, 214, 227–28
computer information accessed by, 184–93, 213, 218
as fly fisherman, 5–10, 155–57, 192, 228, 241, 244, 245, 246
List Project headed by, 6–8, 155, 187, 195, 240, 244–45
Long interviewed by, 191–97, 200, 206, 208–29, 230, 233, 240, 243–44, 248
marriage of, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 205, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 234, 239, 241, 244, 245
missing bird skins traced by, 105, 109, 111, 115–16, 121, 129, 133, 146, 148–52, 156–57, 160–62, 165, 167–75, 177, 179, 182–83, 188, 193–94, 197, 200–203, 206, 207–8, 213, 220–21, 224, 228, 232–33, 235, 241, 245
in Oslo, Norway, 212–13, 221–29, 230
PTSD episode of, 6
as refugees advocate, 6–8, 155, 159, 165, 176, 182, 187, 195, 236–37, 240, 244–45
Rist contacted by, 161, 177–78
Rist interviewed by, 195–210, 212, 213, 220, 223, 227, 233, 240
in Taos, N. Mex. 5, 8, 155
Johnson, Marie-Josée Cantin, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 205, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 234, 239, 241, 244, 245
Jordeson, 20
Juilliard School of Music, 81, 131
Jungle Cocks, 73, 89, 120
Jury of Twelve Fly, 56
Jurys Inn, 117–18
Karoo National Park, 179
Kelson, George Mortimer, 59–62, 63, 70, 71–72, 73, 74, 77, 80, 86, 88, 93, 95, 105, 139, 156, 183, 245
Kelson jackets, 62
Kelson Patent Silent Aluminum Salmon Winch, 62
Kelson rods, 62
Kennebec River, 70
Kenya Crested Guinea Fowls, 158
keratin, 164
King Birds of Paradise, 36–37, 54, 87, 96, 99, 121, 129, 152, 179, 191
Kingfishers, 59, 72, 158
“king of fish,” 57, 60
King’s College (London), 121
kiwis, 39
Klaus (bodyguard), 197, 198–99, 202, 205, 206
Klausmeyer, Dave, 80
Knox’s Hats, 44
Kori Bustards, 76
Kroonland, 53
Kropiwnicki, Val, 238
labradoodles, 79, 95
Lacey Act (1900), 51, 242
Ladies’ Home Journal, 43–44, 51
Lagartun silk, 87
Lane, Richard, 114, 142, 151–52
laptops, 96, 127, 129
Laredo, Tex., 53
larvae, 57
latex gloves, 1, 96, 97, 110, 117, 121, 174
lawsuits, 149–50
Laysan Island, 53
Leeuwen, Hendrikus van, 112
Lesser Birds of Paradise, 78
lifeisgood.503, 235
Lillehammer (Winter Olympics 1994), 224
lines, fishing, 5, 62
LinkedIn, 233
Linnaeus, Carolus, 23, 76
Linnean Society, 32–33
lions, 222
List Project, 6–8, 155, 187, 195, 240, 244–45
Little Arsenic River, 155
Little Egrets, 89
Llanbadoc, Wales, 14–15
Lombok, 26, 35
London, 1, 45, 50, 52, 58, 81, 85, 86, 89–90, 97, 104–5, 131, 161, 162, 169, 171, 186, 247
London Chamber of Commerce (Textile Section), 52
“London Soundscapes,” 1, 97
London Zoo, 81
Long Nguyen:
author’s interviews with, 191–97, 200, 206, 208–29, 230, 233, 240, 243–44, 248
feather album of, 232–33
missing bird skins and, 193–94, 197, 200–203, 206, 207–8, 213, 220–21, 224, 228, 232–33, 235, 241, 245
Norwegian residence of, 213, 227–28
painting by, 191, 215, 217
Vietnamese background of, 216–17
longshoremen, 139
Los Angeles, 195, 213, 244–45
Los Angeles Times, 6
Louis XVI, King of France, 43
Lovely Cotingas, 4
Lucas, Ronn, 78
Luftwaffe, 37, 241
Luxembourg, 113
Lyell, Charles, 32
macaws, 59, 73, 75, 76, 158
Macedonia, 56
McKinnon, Gary, 138
McLain, John, 75–76, 77, 80, 105, 134–35, 157, 160–61, 165, 169, 188, 233–35, 247
Maderal, Jorge, 243
Magellan, Ferdinand, 23, 30
Magna Carta, 54
Magnificent Riflebirds, 4, 91, 99, 152
malaria, 31, 41
Malayan Peacock Pheasants, 121, 127, 150, 192
Malay Archipelago, 4, 22–23, 26, 30–37, 38, 76, 81, 98, 242
Malay Archipelago, The: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise (Wallace), 35, 38
Malta, 53
Malthus, Thomas, 31
mammals, 54
manifest destiny, 47–48
manuals, fly-tying, 58–62, 70, 71–72, 73, 80, 86, 156
manuk dewata (“God’s birds”), 23, 27
maps, 97
March’s Dun Fly, 56
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, 43, 45
Martha (Passenger Pigeon), 48
Masoni subspecies, 190
mass spectrometers, 166–67
master-tier status, 243
mastodons, 65, 86
“match the hatch,” 56
Max Herman & Co., 242–43
mayflies, 244, 245
Meinertzhagen, Richard, 112, 113, 119
“memory of the ocean,” 166
mercury levels, 166, 181–82
Michelangelo, 78, 233
Michigan Basin, 201
microscopes, 16, 69, 166–67
migration, 46, 52, 73, 236
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918), 52, 73, 236
milliners, 50, 51–54, 58, 63–64, 89, 182–86, 241–43
Millinery Trade Review, 51–52, 242
Millsap, Doug, 235–36
Minall, Alfred, 38
Mincing Lane, 45
Mischief, HMS, 17–18
Missourium (mastodon), 86
mix packs, 186
mockingbirds, 4
molting, 76, 105
monkeys, 21–22
Monotropa, 16
Montagu, South Africa, 179–82
Montagu Dried Fruit & Nuts Trading Co., 178–79
Moore, Ryan, 236–37
Morris Carswell & Co., 62
“Mortimer” (collector), 117–18, 129, 149, 178
mothballs, 97, 172
mug shots, 128
Munch, Edvard, 192, 224
Murchison, Roderick, 22–23
Muzeroll, Edward “Muzzy,” 70–74, 75, 80, 89, 119, 142
Nankeen Night Herons, 61
National Gallery (Oslo), 224
National Security Council (NSC), U.S., 155, 157
National Wildlife Crime Unit, 117, 121
Natural History Museum (South Kensington), 86, 89–90, 247
Natural History Museum (Tring):
alarm system of, 2, 165
audits conducted for, 103–4
Bank Alley (Public Footpath 37) near, 2, 5, 97, 173
barbed wire for, 1, 97, 174, 197
bird skins missing from, 105, 109, 111, 115–16, 121, 129, 133, 146, 148–52, 156–57, 160–62, 165, 167–75, 177, 179, 182–83, 188, 193–94, 197, 200–203, 206, 207–8, 213, 220–21, 224, 228, 232–33, 235, 24
1, 245
brick wall around, 2, 5, 165, 173–74
burglary of, 1–5, 87, 89–93, 96, 97–101, 102, 107, 109, 110, 117, 121, 127, 139, 140, 141–42, 144, 146, 163, 165, 168, 172, 173–74, 178, 185, 197, 206–10, 211, 212, 219
cabinets of, 3–4, 36, 81, 90–92, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102–3, 108–9, 119–20, 123, 166, 245, 248
curators of, 37, 40–41, 79, 102–4, 108, 109, 111–13, 119, 120, 121, 124, 128–29, 161–62, 165–72, 174, 178, 202, 210, 232–33, 241, 248
guards for, 2, 90, 96, 99, 100, 102, 173
insect infestation in, 24–25
inventories of, 24, 102–5, 110, 160–61, 169, 206–8
labels (tags) of, 4, 27, 99, 107, 112, 113–14, 119, 129, 142, 149, 152, 167, 169, 175–76, 189, 190, 201, 207–8, 228–29, 239, 247
layout of, 2–5, 61, 173
as natural history museum, 2, 9, 23, 41, 64, 81, 87, 89–90, 141–42, 146, 149, 207–8, 240–41, 246, 247
Ornithology Building of, 89–90, 97, 165, 173–74
public relations of, 111, 174
scientific mission of, 141–42, 146, 149, 240–41, 246
security cameras in, 96, 100, 164
specimen collection of, 4, 161, 166, 171–72
theft as issue for, 102–3, 108–13, 119
natural history museums, 2, 9, 23, 41, 64, 81, 87, 89–90, 141–42, 146, 149, 207–8, 240–41, 246, 247
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 113
naturalists, 4, 13–42, 46, 54, 66, 81, 88, 91, 92, 99, 109, 112, 128, 129, 166, 183, 191, 201, 207, 241, 245, 248
natural selection, 21, 31–35, 166, 181
Nature, 231
Nature.com, 114
nature reserves, 51, 53, 54
Naturkunde Museum of Stuttgart, 112
needle-nose pliers, 72
Neethling, Ruhan, 178–82, 183, 240
Nesbø, Jo, 214
nests, 4, 88
Netflix, 7
New England Music Camp, 70
New Guinea, 23, 27, 40, 41, 53, 98
Newton, Alfred, 41
New World, 46
New York, N.Y., 44–45, 46, 53, 241–42
New York Military Academy, 62
New York Millinery & Supply Co., 243
New York Millinery Merchants Protective Association, 52
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, 66
New York Times, 52, 53
New York Youth Symphony, 79
nitrogen isotopes, 167
N. M. Rothschild and Sons, 39, 40
Noah’s ark, 46, 65
Nolte, Marvin, 80
Northeast Fly Tying Championship (Wilmington, Mass.), 69–70
nuclear magnetic resonance, 166–67
nymphs, 56
obsessions, 69–70, 75, 79
oceanographic studies, 166, 181–82
Ocean Park, Wash., 236
ocelli, 76
orenocensis, 78
orenocensis fly, 78
organized crime, 164
ornithologists, 4–5, 35, 44–45, 50, 76, 87–90, 112, 187–89
Ornithology Building, 89–90, 97, 165, 173–74
Orvis Fly-Fishing School, The, 67–68, 69
Oslo, Norway, 212–13, 221–29, 230
Ospreys, 51
Ostoj, Aaron, 183, 238
ostriches, 46, 72, 73, 242
“Overland” route, 26
Oxford University, 88
Ozark Mountains, 69
Palmer, Walter, 222
palmering, 67
Panama, 3
Papua New Guinea, 119, 179–80
Pará, 17–18
Paradisaea apoda, 23
Paradisaea Minor Fly, 78
Paradisaeidae, 4, 90–91
parakeets, 48, 158, 243
parrots, 19, 45, 53, 214–15, 218
“parrot sausages,” 53
Parrot-yellow color, 59
partridges, 73
passaros de col (“birds of the sun”), 23
Passenger Pigeons, 4, 46, 47, 48
passports, 127, 131, 165
patterns (recipes), 9, 56, 58, 60–61, 63, 70, 75, 77–78, 80, 86–87, 179, 245
PayPal, 149, 219–20, 230, 236
Peabody Museum of Natural History, 187
peacocks, 73
Pelican Island, 51
pelts, 69
penguins, 236
Peninsular & Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Co., 24, 26
permits, fishing, 246
pesticides, 166
PetSmart, 243
P. H. Adelson & Bro., 242
pheasants, 74
Phillips, Eliza, 50
pigeons, 25
Pilgaard, Jens, 120–21, 125, 127, 129, 149–50, 193, 217, 219
pirates, 28
“Plan for Museum Invasion,” 96, 142, 204
Plourde, Roger, 158–59, 160, 246, 247
Plumage League, 50, 51
plumassiers (plume makers), 45, 242
poaching, 53, 202
polar bears, 222
Popham Fly, 121
population growth, 31
“positive checks,” 31
Postal Service, U.S., 236
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 6
predators, 28
preening, 79–80
preservation societies, 50–51, 54, 76
Proceeds of Crime Act, British, 149
protected species, 53–54, 63, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 235–37, 243
provenance, 50–52, 105–6, 118–19
Prum, Richard O., 187–90, 193, 202, 241, 245
Pryce-Tannatt, T. E., 73
Prys-Jones, Robert, 104, 112–13, 124, 128, 151, 165–72, 174, 248
pteridomania, 16
Public Footpath 37 (Bank Alley), 2, 5, 97, 173
Punch, 50–51
Purple-Breasted Cotingas, 184, 218
Pyroderus scutatus, 108, 116, 226, 248
Pyroderus scutatus granadensis, 226
Pyroderus scutatus occidentalis, 3, 226
quills, 72, 76
Quindío Andes, 3
Quinlivan, Joe, 149
rabbit fur, 56
rachis, 67
railways, 57–58
Ralling, Madame, 44
Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials: A Natural History (Schmookler), 63
Rathkeale Rovers, 110
recipes (patterns), 9, 56, 58, 60–61, 63, 70, 75, 77–78, 80, 86–87, 179, 245
recorders, 66
redds, 57
Red Hook, N.Y., 68
Red List, 237
Red River, 5–10
Red Rover Fly, 156
Red-Ruffed Fruitcrows, 3, 72, 108
Reeves Pheasants, 62
refugees, 6–8, 155, 159, 165, 176, 182, 187, 195, 236–37, 240, 244–45
Regent’s Park, 81
registries, 24, 102–5, 110, 160–61, 169, 206–8
religion, 46, 181
Rembrandt, 23–24
reptiles, 79
Resplendent Quetzals, 3, 59, 64, 77, 87, 96, 105, 109, 151, 152, 168, 171, 184, 212, 234, 235, 236, 237
resurrection biology, 167
rhino horn, 110, 164, 236, 247
“Rin” (Long’s parrot), 214–15, 218
Ring-Necked Pheasants, 72
Rio Grande, 53, 155, 244
Rio Madeira, 22
Rio Negro, 14, 18, 22
Rist, Anton, 66, 68–74, 78–79, 80, 81, 115, 131, 134
Rist, Curtis, 66, 67, 69, 71, 79, 105, 107, 142, 150
Rist, Edwin:
accomplice of, 168, 174–76, 191–97, 200, 206, 208–29, 230, 233
arrest of, 125–29, 140, 161, 169, 171, 180, 183, 185, 193, 199–200, 203, 219, 220, 238
Asperger’s Defense of, 137–47, 148, 151, 175, 191, 199, 200, 203–6, 210, 231–32
auditions for, 95, 125, 128, 148
author’s communications with, 161, 177–78
Baron-Cohen’s examination of, 137–47, 151, 175, 191, 203–6, 210, 231–32
bird skins sold by, 95, 105, 106–7, 116, 120–21, 125, 135–36, 143, 149–50, 152, 156, 171–73, 178, 182–86, 189–90, 207, 230–31, 235
blood sample of, 110, 121, 128, 174
childhood, 65–67, 85, 138, 142, 200, 205
at Columbia-Greene Community College, 74, 81
confession of, 127–28, 129, 131
court appearances of, 130, 131, 135–47, 174–75, 176, 205, 210
criminal investigation of, 109–14, 117, 119–20, 121, 124–27, 141–42, 150, 151, 163–64, 168, 172, 173–75, 176, 184–86, 212–13, 224, 227, 230, 233
criminal timeline for, 1–5, 172, 184–85
deportation threat for, 132, 148
Düsseldorf interview of, 195–210, 212, 213, 220, 223, 227, 233, 240
“edwinresplendant” name used by, 87
EdwinRist.com as website of, 184–86, 189–92
e-mail messages of, 81, 88, 118, 125, 129, 150, 161, 194, 232–33
evidence against, 1, 96–97, 106, 110, 113, 117, 121, 128, 132, 133, 141–42, 144, 165, 168, 171, 174, 175, 208, 213, 218, 248
eye contact of, 203, 204–5
family of, 65, 95, 128, 131–32
felony charge against, 148–49, 199, 221–22
financial gain of, 95, 141, 144, 146, 149, 152, 156–57, 191, 203, 215
fines for, 149
flashlight used by, 1, 97, 133
flies invented by, 74, 78
flute played by, 1, 66–67, 79, 80, 81, 86, 94, 95, 97, 105, 106, 116, 121, 125–26, 128, 132, 133, 134, 142, 148, 149, 156, 194, 195, 196, 199, 200, 220
as “Fluteplayer 1988,” 96–97, 116–17, 123, 124–26, 156
“Fly Tier of the Year,” 105
fly tying as hobby of, 67, 69–70, 74, 75, 78, 79, 104–5, 139–40
forensics on, 1, 96, 97, 110, 113, 117, 121, 128, 174
fraud charge against, 132, 149–50
as “future of fly tying,” 80, 150–51, 199, 217
girlfriend of, 125, 126, 127, 203
glass cutter used by, 1, 96–97, 98, 100, 110, 117, 126, 172, 174
guilty plea of, 127–28, 129, 131, 168, 174–75, 176, 220–21
homeschooling for, 65–67, 85, 205
interrogation of, 129–30, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 178, 207
laptop of, 96, 127, 129
latex gloves used by, 1, 96, 97, 110, 117, 121, 174
lawsuits against, 149–50