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dealt with. There are six sales during the year, but the numbers 

 are those put up for sale on the dates given : 



Crowned Pigeons 



Sooty Tern . 



Impeyan Pheasants . 



Kingfishers 



55 



Terns 



Albatross Quills 

 Rhea Feathers 



7,660 . . June 10th, 1908 



5,000 .. April 14th, 1908 



10,700 .. February llth, 1908 



4,818 . . December 17th, 1907 



3,940 . . October 14th, 1907 



7,000 . . February 12th, 1907 



16,500 . . June 10th, 1908 



16,700 . . April 14th, 1908 



18,000 . . February llth, 1908 



272 .. April, 14th, 1908 



300 . . December 17th, 1907 



261 . . Juno llth, 1907 



346 . . April 16th, 1907 



138 . . February 12th, 1907 



191 . . December llth, 1908 



20,615 . . June llth, 1907 



15,000 . . April llth, 1908 



14,400 .. April llth, 1906 



15,000 . . February 12th, 1907 



26 cases June llth, 1907 



To these may be added : 17,940 Sooty Terns, February, 1908 ; 

 4,373 Crowned Pigeons, October, 1908 ; 2,149 Crowned Pigeons, 

 August, 1909. 



Osprey Birds of 



packages. Paradise. 



February 12th 504 . . 4,728 



April 6th 422 .. 3,831 



June llth 348 .. 4,244 



August 2nd 315 . . 3,831 



October 15th 548 . . 7,000 



December 17th 200 . . 4,667 



During 1906 : 

 February 

 April 

 June 



August . . 

 October 

 December 



327 



260 



289 

 242' 

 485 

 265 



8,508 

 7,188 

 11,841 

 3,948 

 5,700 

 3,600 



The quantity of feathers to a " package " varies greatly, but the 

 1,411 packages catalogued in the last six months of 1907 were 

 admitted to represent 115,000 birds. 



