This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Copyright © 2005 by Martin Davies

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Published in slightly different form in hardcover in the United States by Shaye Areheart Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2005.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Davies, Martin, 1965–

                  The conjurer’s bird : a novel / Martin Davies.—1st ed.

                  p. cm.

                  1. Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743–1820—Fiction. 2. Wildlife conservationists—Fiction. 3. Extinct birds—Fiction. 4. Naturalists—Fiction. I. Title.

                  PR6104.A87C66         2005

                  813'.6—dc22                                                                                                            2005008728

eISBN: 978-0-307-34587-5

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