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York, San Francisco, and other ports, chiefly as passen<j^ers' baggage 

 without requirement of permit, 9,075 parrots and parrakeets, 4,627 

 canaries, and 10,352 miscellaneous birds. These latter included 

 many parrots brought in at tlie ports of Brownsville and Laredo, 

 Tex., without permits when not accompanied by other birds. The 

 total number of birds imported during the year was 337,677. 



Permits for manmials included 2,064 foxes from Canada. A con- 

 siderable number of these permits were not used and others covered 

 the entry of animals brought in for exhibition purposes and later 

 returned. The number of foxes actually remaining in the country, 

 therefore, was probably less than that stated. During the year many 

 foxes were admitted to entiy without quarantine under inspection by 

 official veterinarians of the Canadian Government. In view of the 

 examination of the animals by Canadian authorities prior to ship- 

 ment, the requirements of quarantine at the border seemed \mneces- 

 sary, and this regulation was rescinded on October 15. 



The year has been notable for the number of elephants brought 

 in for menageries and zoological gardens. Among other noteworthy 

 mammals was a duckbill {Oi^ithorhynchus anatinus) from Aus- 

 tralia, the first ever brought alive to the United States. This inter- 

 esting animal reached San Francisco late in June and was exhibited 

 in the New York Zoological Park for about two months previous 

 to its death, the last of August, 1922. Shipments from Australia 

 also included several species of kangaroos and other marsupials, 

 rarely, if ever, imported before, such as the Parry wallaby {Osjjhran- 

 ter parryi)^ the striped wallaby {Petrogale lateralis)^ and the vul- 

 pine phalanger {Fhalarujtsta vulpina). 



The importation of birds for cage-bird traffic, restocking game 

 covers, and exhibition in zoological parks has shown a marked in- 

 crease. The number of canaries imported last winter for the Christ- 

 mas trade, though smaller than in years prior to the war, was more 

 nearly normal than for some seasons past. Traffic in parrots has 

 also shown some development. A few large shipments of Cuban 

 parrots have been received at New York, and several extensive ship- 

 ments of parrots and parrakeets have been made from Australia. 

 In one instance no less than 6,000 Australian love birds, or shell 

 parrakeets {Melo-psittacus unduhdus), vrere received in a single con- 

 signment. Game birds for restocking covers have been confined 

 chiefly to Mexican quail and Hungarian partridges. The importa- 

 tion of the latter species has been resumed for the first time since 

 1915, and two large shipments were received in the spring, one of 

 which included 1.000 birds for the State of Montana. The Hunga- 

 rian partridge has done Avell in the Northwest, particularly in eastern 

 Washington, northeastei-n Oregon, and the Province of Alberta. 

 The success which has attended experiments in introducing this spe- 

 cies in that region has led to many inquiries and a renewed interest 

 in the importation and distribution of the birds. 



Pheasants have shown no appreciable return to normal so far as 

 entries are concerned. Since the war most of the traffic in pheasants 

 for propagation has been confined to those raised in the United 

 States, either on State or on private game farms, and the large num- 

 ber formerly imported from England and Canada has diminished 

 to small proportions. The importation of birds for exhibition pur- 

 poses from Europe and Australia has shown an unusual variety, and 



