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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



LIST OF BIRDS NOW BEING EXTERMINATED FOR THE AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL 



FEATHER MARKETS.* 



Species. 



American egret 



Snowy egret 



Scarlet ibis 



"Green" ibis 



Herons, generally 



Marabou stork 



Pelicans, all species 



Bustard 



Greater bird of paradise 



Lesser bird of paradise 



Red bird of paradise 



Twelve-wired bird of para- 

 dise 



Black bird of paradise 



Rifle bird of paradise 



Jobi bird of paradise 



King bird of paradise 



Magnificent bird of paradise 



Impeyan pheasant 



Tragopan pheasant 



Argus pheasant 



Silver pheasant 



Golden pheasant 



Jungle cock 



Peacock 



Condor 



Vultures, generally 



Eagles, generally 



Hawks, generally 



Crowned pigeon, two species 



"Choncas" 



Pitta 



Magpie 



Locality 



Venezuela, South America, 

 Mexico, etc. 



Do. 

 Tropical South America. 

 Species not recognizable by 



its trade name. 

 All unprotected regions. 

 Africa. 



All unprotected regions. 

 Southern Asia, Africa. 

 New Guinea, Aru Islands. 

 New Guinea. 

 Islands of Waigiou and 



Batanta. 

 New Guinea, Salwatti. 

 Northern New Guinea. 

 New Guinea generally. 

 Island of Jobi. 

 New Guinea. 



Do. 

 Nepal and India. 



Do. 



Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 

 Burma and China. 

 China. 



East Indies and Burma. 

 East Indies and India. 

 South America. 

 Where not protected. 

 All unprotected regions. 



Do. 

 New Guinea. 

 Locality unknown. 

 East Indies. 

 Europe. 



Species. 



Touracou, or plantaineater, 



Velvet birds 



"Grives" 



Mannikin 



Green parrot (now pro- 

 tected) 



"Dominos" (sooty tern) . . 



Garnet tanager 



Grebe 



Green merle 



"Horphang" 



Rhea 



"Sixplet" 



Starling 



Tetras 



Emerald - breasted hum- 

 mingbird 



Blue-throated humming- 

 bird 



Amethyst hummingbird . . . 



Resplendent trogon, several 

 species 



Cock-of-the-rock 



Macaw 



Toucan 



Emu 



Sun-bird 



Owl 



Kingfisher 



Jabiru stork 



Albatross 



Tern, all species 



Gull, all species 



Locality. 



Africa. 



Locality uncertain. 



Do. 

 South America. 



India. 



Tropical coasts and islands. 



South America. 



All unprotected regions. 



Locality uncertain. 



Do. 



South America. 

 Locality uncertain. 

 Europe. 

 Locality not determined. 



West Indies, Central and South 

 America. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Central America. 

 South America. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Australia. 

 East Indies. 

 All unprotected regions. 



Do. 

 South America. 

 All unprotected regions. 



Do. 



Do. 



PRICES OF RARE AND BEAUTIFUL BIRD SKINS IN LONDON.* 



Condor skins $3.50— $5.75 



Condor wing feathers, each 05 



Impeyan pheasant 66 — 2.50 



Argus pheasant 3.60— 3.85 



Tragopan pheasant 2.70 



Silver pheasant 3.50 



Golden pheasant 34 — .46 



Greater bird of paradise : 

 Light plumes — 



Medium to giants 10.32—21.00 



Medium to long, worn 7.20—13.80 



Slight def. and plucked 2.40— 6.72 



Dark plumes, medium to good, long . . 7.20 — 24.60 



12- wired bird of paradise 1.44 — 1.80 



Rubra bird of paradise 2.50 



Rifle bird of paradise 1.14 — 1.38 



King bird of paradise 2.40 



"Green" bird of paradise 38 — .44 



East Indian kingfisher 06 — .07 



East Indian parrots .03 



Peacock necks, gold and blue 24 — .66 



Peacock necks, blue and green .36 



Scarlet ibis 14— .24 



Toucan Breasts $0.22— $0.26 



Red tanagers .09 



Orange oriels .05 



Indian crows' breasts .13 



Indian jays .04 



Amethyst humming birds ....... .01 J^ 



Humming bird, various 3-16 of .01 — .02 



Humming bird, others 1-32 of .01 — .01 



Egret ("Osprey") skins 1.08— 2.78 



Egret ("Osprey") skins, long 2.40 



Vulture feathers, per pound 36 — 4.56 



Eagle, wing feathers, bundles of 100 . . . .09 



Hawk, wing feathers, bundles of 100 . . . .12 



Mandarin ducks, per skin .15 



Pheasant tail feathers, per pound .... 1.80 



Crown pigeon heads, Victoria 1.68 — 2.50 



Crown pigeon heads, Coronatus 84 — 1.20 



Emu skins 4.56— 4.80 



Cassowary plumes, per ounce 3.48 



Swan skins 72— .74 



Kingfisher skins 07 — .09 



African golden cuckoo 1.68 



*From "Our Vanishing Wild Life," by W. T. Hornaday, Chapter XIII. Also, "Tariff Hearings, No. 23." 



