PRINCE’S VALUABLE FEATHERS.
■ * The apex of the Prince of Wales’s crown is a tuft of feathers tipped with gold, said to be worth £IO,OOO The feathers took twenty years to collect, and cost the lives of a dozen hunters. The bird from whose tail the feathers are plucked is called the feriwah, a sort of creature of the bird of paradise species, but of the rarest kind. To obtain the tail feather in its full beauty it is necessary to pluck it out of the living bird, as instantly after death the plumage becomes lustreless. What makes the hunting of the feriwah so dangerous is that the bird always frequents the haunts of tigers.—“ Feathered Life.”
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 29, 9 April 1907, Page 7
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116PRINCE’S VALUABLE FEATHERS. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 29, 9 April 1907, Page 7
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