§ Mr. GROVESasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish a list of the species of birds the plumage of which has been illegally imported and therefore confiscated by the Customs officials under the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921, from 1st April to 30th June, 1924, with the number of consignments in each case?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe following is the list of birds the plumage of which 2059W has been illegally imported and confiscated under the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921, during the period 1st April, 1924, to 30th June, 1924, together with the number of consignments seized in each case:
Name of Bird. Number of consignments. Barbet (2 species) … … 1 Bird of Paradise … … 1 Black Partridge … … 1 Blue Bird … … 1 Cassowary … … 1 Colibri … … 1 Crested Crane … … 1 Egret … … 7 Emu … … 3 Grebe … … 1 Hawk … … 1 Heron … … 2 Indian Roller … … 2 Jungle Cock … … 1 Jungle Crow … … 1 Kingfisher … … 2 Koel … … 1 Owl … … 3 Parrot … … 6 Penguin … … 1 Peacock … … 11 Pheasant, Lady Amherst … … 2 Pheasant, Copper … … 2 Pheasant, Reeves … … 4 Rook … … 2 Seagull … … 1 Stork … … 1 Swainson's Buzzard … … 1 "Tick" Bird … … 1 Weaver Bird … … 1 Woodpecker (2 species) … … 1 In addition to the above, two consignments of miscellaneous plumage which included prohibited plumage were seized during the quarter in question. The precise nature of the prohibited plumage in such consignments cannot be stated.