§ Colonel CLIFTON BROWNasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will give a list of birds the plumage of which has been illegally imported and confiscated under the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921, during the period 1st April, 1933, to 30th September, 1933, with the approximate quantity of plumage involved in each case?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe following is a list of birds, the plumage of which was illegally imported and was confiscated by the Customs Authorities under the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921, during the period 1st April, 1933, to 30th September, 1933, together with the approximate quantity of plumage involved in each case:—
Name of Bird and Approximate Quantity of Plumage.
- Bird of Paradise—6 millinery mounts.
- Cockatoo—4 tails.
- Eagle—1 millinery mount.
- Gull—1 millinery mount.
- Heron—1 millinery mount.
- Kingfisher—1 brooch ornamented with a small quantity of plumage.
- Owl—2 millinery mounts.
- Parrot—1 millinery mount.
- Peacock—28 single feathers, 4 fans, 4 pictures each including a small quantity of plumage.
- Pheasant, Copper—1 millinery mount.
- Pheasant, Lady Amherst—146 millinery mounts, 16 pictures each including a small quantity of plumage.
- Sparrow, Common—12 millinery mounts, 1 fan.
- Teal, Falcated—1 millinery mount.
- Vulture—1 quill.
One packet containing miscellaneous plumage not identified but clearly within the prohibition, was also confiscated.