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INDEX
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Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia), 247–48
Adams, Mark, 102–3, 108, 111, 112, 124, 129, 165–71
Adult Asperger’s Assessment, 203, 231–32
Aelianus, Claudius, 56
Afghanistan, 7, 187
African speckled bustards, 62
Age of Extermination, 42
A. Hochheimer’s, 242–43
Aigrettes (Egrets), 242
Alexandra, Queen of England, 51
Ali (Wallace’s assistant), 26, 29
Allen, Charles, 25–26
Allen, D. E., 16
alligators, 47
Amazon River, 14, 17–18, 20, 21–22, 31
American Museum of Natural History, 40–41, 50, 66, 79, 142, 233
American Psychiatric Association (APA), 232
amphibians, 79
Amphipolis, 55
Andersen, Flemming, 182
Andes Mountains, 18
antique cases, 76–77
ants, 24–25
aquatic insects, 56
Arakataka restaurant, 226
Archives of General Psychiatry, 232
Argus Panoptes, 76
Argus Pheasants, 76
Århus, Denmark, 121
Arnos Vale Cemetery, 144–46
Aronson’s Fine Headwear, 243
Art of Fly Making (Blacker), 58–59
Arts of the Angler convention (Danbury, Conn.), 69
Aru Islands, 26–30, 36–37, 92
Asakusa Kannon Temple, 192
Asperger’s Defense, 137–47, 148, 151, 175, 191, 199, 200, 203–6, 210, 231–32
Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, 114
Association of Feather Merchants, 52
Atlantic, 232
Atlantic salmon, 63
auctions, 45, 87, 92, 123, 158, 185, 219–20, 234–36, 240
Audubon, John James, 4, 103
Audubon Society, 50, 51, 54, 242
Auks, 103
Australia, 27–28, 37–38
Australian Museum, 112
Australian Plate, 27
back-to-nature movement, 15–16
Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 246
bait, 55–56
Bali, 26, 35–36
Banda Sea, 27
Banded Chatterers, 61, 76, 95, 96
Banded Cotingas, 4
Bank Alley (Public Footpath 37), 2, 5, 97, 173
Banksian Cockatoos, 192, 236
Baron-Cohen, Sacha, 138, 204
Baron-Cohen, Simon, 137–47, 151, 175, 191, 203–6, 210, 231–32
Baron Fly, 73
Bates, Henry, 17, 22, 35
Bath Iron Works, 70
Baxtresser, Jeanne, 66
BBC, 114
Beagle, HMS, 4, 103
bear cubs, 40
beetles, 17, 24
Behrman & Colton, 242–43
belemnites, 15
Bengal, 24
Bennett, Darren, 164, 165
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 81, 125
Bermuda, 13, 18
Bible, 41, 47
binomial names, 69, 98, 119, 190, 236, 237
biodata, 91, 112, 113–14, 166–67, 189
biogeography, 35–36
Bird Room (British Museum), 112
birds:
adult, 91, 108
antique cases for, 76–77
biodata for, 91, 112, 113–14, 166–67, 189
classification of, 23, 60, 69, 76, 98, 119, 190, 236, 237
conservation movement for, 3, 49–54, 63, 76, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 235, 236
cotton eyes for, 3, 25, 91, 101, 190
dancing (courtship) rituals of, 28, 30, 98, 99
eggs of, 4, 57, 88, 111, 119, 166, 248
endangered species of, 3, 42, 43–54, 61, 63, 64, 80, 132, 234, 235–37, 242, 248
environmental issues and, 54, 63, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 222, 235, 236
exotic, 58–59, 61–62, 63, 74–77, 87–88, 92, 103, 142, 187–88, 241–44, 245, 247–48
feathers of, see feathers
geographic distribution of, 22, 35–36
hunters and traders, 30, 33–34, 45, 53, 179, 202, 222
importation of, 45–46, 51–52, 109, 242–43
labels (tags) for, 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
Latin binomial names of, 69, 98, 119, 190, 236, 237
nature reserves for, 51, 53, 54
ornithological discipline for, 4–5, 35, 44–45, 50, 76, 87–90, 112, 187–89
plumage (plumes) from, 28, 45, 50, 51, 72, 87, 109, 125, 142, 156, 176, 241–43
population of, 47–48, 166
preservation societies for, 50–51, 54, 76
private collections of, 13–18, 23, 37, 38–42, 112, 183, 248
protected species of, 53–54, 63, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 235–37, 243
&n
bsp; registries for, 24, 102–5, 110, 160–61, 169, 206–8
scientific research on, 31–36, 141–42, 146, 149, 166, 181–82, 240–41, 246
skinning of, 23, 24–26, 30, 33
skins of, 23, 24–26, 30, 33, 36, 45–46, 58, 61, 64, 76, 87, 89–90, 111, 113, 128, 146, 166–67
species and subspecies of, 3, 78, 88, 90–91, 105, 109, 125, 129, 158, 190–91, 225–27; see also specific species
specimen agents for, 17, 18, 21, 26, 33
tails of, 3, 29, 78, 96, 105, 168, 212
taxidermy for, 23, 24–26, 30, 33, 38, 39, 189, 222
treaties on, 3, 52, 53–54, 63, 70, 78, 87, 117, 158, 168, 185, 189, 217, 235, 236
see also specific birds
Birds of America (Audubon), 4, 103
Birds of Paradise, 23, 26–30, 32, 33–37, 39, 45, 50, 53, 59, 63, 64, 77, 78, 81, 86, 88, 89, 90–91, 96, 99, 109, 119, 121, 123, 125, 129, 159, 171–72, 179, 233, 234, 236, 242, 243, 245, 248
Birds of the West Indies (Bond), 133
bison, 47, 79
black ants, 24–25
Blacker, William, 58–59, 63, 72, 74, 78, 80, 93
Blacker Celebration Fly, 78
Black-Footed Albatrosses, 53
Black Forest, 246
blackmail, 40, 41
black market, 105–6, 113, 164
Black Mountains, 14–15
Blitz, 37
Blue and Gold Macaws, 236
Blue Birds of Paradise, 4, 152, 179
Bluebottle flies, 25
Blue Chatterers, 59, 64, 71, 72, 73, 77–78, 80, 92, 98, 108–9, 116–17, 118, 120–21, 123, 151, 158, 178, 180, 182, 184, 185–86, 190–91, 211–12, 217, 220, 228, 234, 236, 241, 244, 248
Blue Jays, 73
Blue Macaws, 60, 71, 158
Blue Uncharmed Fly, 179
Blue-Winged Olive mayflies, 244, 245
Boat People Crisis, 216–17
bobbins, 67–68, 104
Bobfly2007, 235
bodkins, 67–68, 74
Boekholt, Andy, 122–23, 129, 178, 220
Bonaparte, Prince Lucien, 23
Bondivann, Norway, 214, 227–28
Borat, 138, 204
Border Force, British, 117
Boston Symphony Orchestra, 125, 128