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Bird- Lore 



ESTABLISHED 1854. 



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LOUIS STERN, 



COMMISSION MERCHANT 



101 SCCKMAN 



BIROS SHOULD LOOK LIKE 

 THIS WHEN CURED. 



New York, SeptemDef 7lh, 1899. 



lowing articles in our marl<et. I always obtain for Shippers thie high- 

 1 want for immediate siiipment the very largest Grey Gulls. 



Blacliheaded Least Terns prime, ticely CWed, Cta Mid dry rOBld SWnS. 25 



Greyheaded "" " ' " " ' 18 



BARN OWLS, '■ " ■ " " • '• •' 50 



OW LS of otlier species, (only large size) " " ' '• " 25 

 pREBE SKINS, accordinc to size and condttton " 10-30 



HERRING and LAUGHING GULL WINGS, per pair, 15 



ROYAL TERN WINGS. " •' 15 



references: 



Importers and Trader? National Bank. New York. 

 Sleiner Bros . Bankers, Birminshara. Ala. 

 Henrv Stern & Co.. Boston. Mass. 

 Henrv Stem 4 Co . New Orleans. 

 Crescent City Moss Ginnerv. New Orleans 

 Chas. Kahn. Jr. & Son. Cmcinnati, Ohio. 

 ■ Peter Schneider Sons 4 Co N..\' 

 lohn H Lvoni Co. N.Y. 

 R. Weiden. N Y 

 Ceo. B. Ritch.e 4 Co, N Y 



Below 1 hand you prices for the fol 

 est market price on the arrival of goods. 



LAUGHING GULL, prime, 1110817 ciRd. cleaii and diT loiuid sHus, 35 



ROYAL TERNS, ' " " " " 35 



WILSON •• ■• •■ ■• : 3.7 



SEA SWALLOW, " " " 35 



WHITE SEA PIGEONS " J' •' 10 



BL.iCKSEA : 8 



.HERRING GULL.(or Storm Gulls) 40 



If you are not familiar with curing ROUND BIRD SKINS, as picture of bird shown above, cut the whole 

 wing off close from the body and take out wing bone, and then cut open the other joints and remove all the 

 meat — then sprinkle wifh either plaster or arsenic on the wing in its original shape closed, and e.\posei same 

 until dry. Be sure and do not b)-eak or spread the wing, and do not ship bodies after cutting wings off the 

 following birds, only Herring, Laughing Gull and Royal Terns. 



Express Birds and Grebe Skins packed either in light cases, or packed nicely and wrapped in burlap, so as to 

 reduce expense in expressing, and you can also forward small lots of birds by mail wrapped either in heavy 

 paper or li»ht cloth and welftied. 1 also solicit your valued shipments for HQNEY, WA.K, WHITE HERON. 

 (White Crane) EGRET PLUMES, L.ARGE BLUE CR.ANE SKINS WITH WINGS, ALLIGATOR SKINS, 

 BEEF HIDES, GOAT, SHEEP, DEER SKINS and FUR. Also GREEN TURTLE and SALT WATER TER- 

 RAPIN to be shipped about the middle of November next. 



lam. yours respectfully, 



• 101 BEEKMAN STREET, New York City. 



t^"DON'T SHIP FOLLOWING : S:n.ill Blue Crane, Night Heron, Brown Egret, Surf Snipes, Water Turkey and Grosbeak. 



Fac-simile, slightly reduced, of message-side of postal card sent out by feather dealer to Post- 

 masters. It was the wholesale distribution of this, and similar circulars, which induced the 

 Biological Survev, through the Department of Agriculture, to appeal to the Postmaster General to 

 prohibit Postmasters fro'm assisting feather dealers, with the gratifying results set forth below by 

 Dr. Palmer, of the Biological Survey. 



Protest against the Collection of Plume 

 Birds through Postmasters 



Some weeks ago the Department of 

 Agriculture received information that 

 preparations were being made to collect 

 plume birds in large quantities in the 

 Gulf States, and that cards had been 

 sent out by a certain New York dealer 

 to postmasters in the South, soliciting 

 Gulls, Grebes, Owls, and other species 

 now in demand for the millinery trade. 



On January 27, 1900, the Secretary of 

 Agriculture addressed a letter to the 

 Postmaster General referring to the dis- 

 tribution of these cards, and requesting 

 that postmasters be warned against aid- 

 ing or engaging in the slaughter of birds. 

 Attention was called to the State laws 

 protecting birds, and especially to the 

 acts of Florida and Texas prohibiting 

 the killing of plume birds. 



The Postmaster General promptly issued 

 an order, directing the attention of post- 



masters to this letter, in which they were 

 " expressly enjoined against being parties 

 to any transaction that violates State law." 

 The order and letter were published in 

 full in the ' Postal Guide ' for February, 

 and thus brought to the notice of post 

 office officials throughout the country. 



One energetic postmaster in Maine at 

 once contributed an article on protecting 

 plume birds to his local paper, and some 

 of the daily papers in Philadelphia and 

 Washington commented on the novel 

 plume-bird order. Thus through the 

 medium of the Post Office Department, 

 the attention of nearly 75,000 postmasters 

 has been called to the laws protecting 

 birds and the methods of the plume 

 trade, while the general public has re- 

 ceived another warning of the urgent 

 necessity for more effective measures to 

 prevent our plume birds from being 

 exterminated in the interests of the 

 millinery trade. — T. S. Palmer. 



