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The male is colored much more gorgeously than the female so that he can be shot and made into feather embroidery.

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Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
Critic
Humorist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
Auburn
Indiana
William Jacob Cuppy
Male
Males
Shot
Shots
Gorgeously
Female
Embroidery
Much
Feather
Made
Colored
Feathers

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