Mr. T. THOMSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state in full the different species of birds, and the number of consignments in each case, of prohibited plumage confiscated by the Customs authorities since the Plumage Act came into force in 1922 to the present time?
§ Mr. RONALD McNEILLThe information requested is as follows:
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LIST or BIRDS whose plumage has been seized under the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921, since April, 1922, together with the number of consignments in which prohibited plumage has been discovered from 1st January, 1923, to 31st December, 1925. Particulars of consignments seized before 1st January, 1923, are not available. Plumage. Number of consignments. Abyssinian Roller 1 Albatross 1 Bar bet (two species) 1 Bittern 1 Bird of Paradise 59 Black Partridge 1 Black Swan 1 Blue Bird 3 Blue Jay 6 Bower Bird 1 Bronze Wing Pigeon 3 Bustard (other than Chinese Bustard) 5 Canary 1 Cassowary 2 Chiloe Wigeon 1 Chinese Goldfinch * Chinese Pond Heron * Chinese Skylark 1 Cockatoo 1 Colibri 1 Condor 5 Coot 2 Cormorant 2 Cowbird 1 Crested Crane 4 Crowned Pigeon of New Guinea 3 Diver (two species) 6 Eagle 8 Eagle Hawk 1 Eagle Owl 1 Egret 129 Emu 12 Falcated Teal 5 Fieldfare 1 Finch 3 Flamingo 1 Formosan Teal * Glossy Starling 2 Grebe 39 Great Billed Parrot * Great Indian Bustard 1 1673W
Plumage. Number of consignments. Greenfinch 2 Grey Hen 1 Hawk 4 Hazel Hen 1 Heron 52 Humming Bird 5 Indian Love Bird 1 Indian Roller 19 Java Sparrow 1 Jungle Cock 4 Jungle Crow 1 Jungle Fowl 1 Kea 2 Kingfisher 10 Kohla Green Pigeon * Koel 1 Lyre Bird 3 Macaw * Nicoba Pigeon * Owl 7 Parakeet 2 Parrot 41 Parson Bird * Peacock 161 Pelican 4 Penguin 2 Petrean * Petrel * Pheasant, Argus 14 Pheasant, Blue Eared * Pheasant, Chinese Silver 3 Pheasant, Copper 11 Pheasant, Eared 1 Pheasant, Green 1 Pheasant, Himalavan 1 Pheasant, Kohlas 1 Pheasant, Lady Amherst 30 Pheasant, Monal 3 Pheasant, Reaves 11 Pleated Kingfisher * Quetzal 1 Rhea Americana 1 Pheasant, Darwini 4 Red Sided Parrot * Roller * Rook 7 Seagull 2 Sea Swallow * Skylark 1 South African Goshawk 1 Sparrow 2 Sparrow Hawk 1 Stone Eagle 1 Stork (Adjutant) 1 Stork (Leptoptilus) 22 Sunbird 4 Swan 13 Swainson's Buzzard 1 Tragopan * Thrush 1 "Tick" Bird 1 Vulture 5 Vulturene Guinea Fowl 1 Waxwing 2 Weaver Bird 1 White Tern * Woodpecker (two species) 1 * These seizures took place before 1st January, 1923. In addition to the above, 67 consignments of miscellaneous plumage which included prohibited plumage were seized. The precise nature of the prohibited plumage in such cases cannot be stated.
A consignment containing several different kinds of plumage is shown in the list as a separate consignment under each kind of plumage.