88 ANIMAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



23. FEATHEBS— Continued. 



c. Feathers used for plumes, &c. : 



Feathers of ibises, spoonbills, flamingoes, herons, egrets, and 

 bitterns used for plumes and ornamental work. 



(Feathers of adjutant, (Lepoptilvs argala,) and marabou, 

 (Lepoptilus marabou,) used for plumes aiffl trimmings.) 



Feathers of flamingoes, swans, geese, and ducks used in or- 

 namental work for roll-plumes, and swans' down for trim- 

 mings. (See under 6.) 



Breast-feathers of gulls, terns, and tropic birds used as roll- 

 plumes. 



(Feathers of African ostrich used for plumes and trimmings, 

 with specimens of undressed, scoured, bleached, scraped, 

 and dyed grades.) 



Feathers of American ostrich. 



Specimens of composite feather flowers. 



Specimens of plumagery work on metal. 



Specimens of birds mounted for use iu millinery. 



d. Feathers used in other manufactures : 



Feathered arrow-shafts. (See under B, 18.) 

 Feathers used in making artificial flies. (See under B, 45.) 

 Feathers used in manufacture of textile fabrics. (See under 

 D,II,C.) 



e. Down of birds : 



Down of eider-duck used in bed-stuffing, with specimens of 

 the balls in which it is packed for transportation. 



Down of other ducks. 



Down of geese and swans used as stuffing for beds, and as 

 electrical non-conductor in manufacture of philosophical 

 instruments. 



24. GELATINE AND ISINGLASS. 



a. Gelatine : 



Gelatine made from leather-shavings, bones, hoofs, and 

 horns of bison, cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals, 

 used in manufacture of glue, size, court-plaster, pa\)ier 

 glace for tracing, imitation glass, artificial flowers, and or- 

 namental work, wrappings for confections, table-jelly, (see 

 under D. 1,) &c. 

 Size and gelatine from fine ivory chips. 



