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The painting held by the museum is a poignant reminder of the irreversible damage that human colonization has inflicted on many. Davies takes some true facts, and spins them into a wonderful fictional account of a search for a long missing bird, the mysterious bird of ulieta. Scientifically, however, it is of immense value, and there is an intense race to see who can be the first to find it. He has travelled widely, including in the middle east, india and sicily.
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