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22. QUILLS— Continued. 



a. Quills of mammals : 



(Quills of porcupine used for pen-holders, floats for fishing, 



eyelet-punches, «&c.) 

 (Quills of European hedge-hog, on skin, used as a muzzle for 

 weaning calves.) 

 h. Quills of birds : 



Quills of swan and turkey for engrossing-pens. 

 Quills of goose and eagle for writing-i^ens. 

 Quills of crow and duck for fine pens. 



Quills used in making toothpicks, fishing-floats, color- bottles, 

 pencil-handles, needle-holders, &c. 



23. FEATHERS. 



a. F'eathers used for clothing. (See under Furs, D 6.) 



b. Feathers used for implements, (including manufactured arti- 

 cles:) 



Feathers of hawks used as fans and screens. 



Feathers of fowl, turkey, grouse, and peacock used for 



brushes, fans, and screens. 

 Feathers of ibis, spoonbill, egret, and bittern used for fans 



and screens. 

 Feathers of flamingoes, swans, geese, and ducks used for fans 



and screens. 



c. Feathers used for plumes and ornament, (including plumes, 

 head-dresses, cockades, hat and dress trimming, «&c. :) 



Feathers and wiugs of small perchers used in millinery and 



in manufacture of feather flowers. 

 Feathers of trogons and birds of paradise used as plumes 



and for feather flowers. 

 Feathers of humming-birds, scalps, and throats used in 



ornamental work. 

 Feathers of kingfishers used in plumagery. 

 (Feathers of parrots used in making feather flowers.) 

 Eagle and hawk feathers used for plumes. 

 Feathers of pigeons used for ornamental work. 

 Feathers and wiugs of cock used as plumes, trimmings, &c., 



natural and dyed. 

 Breast feathers of grouse, pheasants, and turkeys used as 



roll-plumes in hats. 



