Thieves ruffle expensive feathers

Thieves ruffle expensive feathers

YOGYAKARTA (JP): Burglars robbed a house on Jl. Prawirotaman
here on Thursday stealing, among other things, a cucakrawa bird
(pycnonotus zeylanicus) believed to be worth Rp 20 million
(US$2,105.3).

The owner, Mawardi, was visiting his neighbors when the crime
took place, Antara reported.

"I only left for less than half an hour," he said, adding that
the house was empty because his maids had all left for their home
towns for the holidays.

Besides the cucakrawa, which Mawardi said once won first prize
at the national championships, the burglars stole eight other
birds and jewelry worth Rp 15 million ($1,579). (hdn)