B. S. 68] LAWS RELATING TO GAME AND BIRDS 15 
been made, it shall be made to appear to the collector, <>r the prosecuting officer 
of the Government, as the case may be. that no illegal importation of such 
feathers has been made, but that the possession, acquisition, or purchase of 
such feathers is or has been made in violation of the provisions of the act 
of March 4, 1913. chapter 14r> (37 Statutes at Large, page 847), or the act of 
July 3. 1918 (40 Statutes at Large, page 755). or any other law of the United 
States, now of force, intended for the protection or preservation of birds within 
the United States, it shall be the duty of the collector, or such prosecuting 
officer, as the case may be. to report the facts to the proper officials of the 
United States, or State or Territory charged with the duty of enforcing such 
laws. 
Import duties and provisions are as follows : 
Par. 704. A duty of 4 cents per pound is imposed on reindeer meat, venison, 
and other game (except birds). 
Par. 711. The duty on live birds (except poultry) is 50 cents each on those 
valued at $5 or less, and 20 per cent ad valorem on those valued at more 
than $5. \~By proclamation of October 3. 1925. the President reduced the duty 
on live bobwhite qua ; l valued at $5 each or less from 50 to 25 cents.] 
Par. 712. Dressed or undressed birds (except poultry) are dutiable at 8 cents 
per pound, but if prepared or preserved in any manner the duty is 35 per cent 
ad valorem. (Paragraph 1410 prohibits the importation of the plumage of 
wild birds, so that undressed aime birds may only be brought in under a bond 
for the destruction of their plumage.) 
Par. 715. Live wild animals. 15 per cent ad valorem. 
Par. 1420. Silver or black fox skins, dressed or undressed, and manufac- 
tures thereof. 50 per cent ad valorem: other furs dressed on the skin, not 
advanced further than dyeing. 25 per cent ad valorem. 
Par. 1507. Wild animals and birds intended for exhibition in zoological 
collections for scientific or educational purposes, and not for sale or profit, 
are admitted free. 
Par. 1569. The eggs of birds are prohibited from entry, except that eggs of 
game birds may be imported free under regulations of Secretary of Agricul- 
ture for propagating purposes; specimens may also be imported free for sci- 
entific collections. 
Par. 1579. Raw furs and fur skins (except silver or black fox skins), un- 
dressed, are admitted free. 
Par. 1668. Natural-history specimens (including wild birds and mammals) 
may be imported free for scientific public collections, but not for sale. 
CANADIAN TARIFF ACT PROHIBITING IMPORTATION OF PLUM- 
AGE, MONGOOSES, AND CERTAIN BIRDS 
The importation of bird plumage into Canada for millinery purposes is 
prohibited by tariff item 1212 under Schedule C (prohibited goods), as added 
by section 5 of the Canadian customs tariff act of 1914. Item 1212 prohibits 
the entry of the following : 
1212. Aigrettes, egret plumes, or so-called osprey plumes, and the feathers, 
quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins of wild birds either raw or 
manufactured: but this provision shall not come into effect until January 1. 
1915, and shall not apply to — 
(a) The feathers or plumes of ostriches; 
(&) The plumage of the English pheasant and the Indian peacock: 
(c) The plumage of wild birds ordinarily used as articles of diet: 
(d) The plumage of birds imported alive; nor to 
(e) Specimens imported under regulations of the minister of customs for any 
natural-history or other museum or for educational purposes. 
Item 1214 under Schedule C (prohibited goods), as added by the customs 
tariff act, effective May 24. 1922, prohibits the entry of the following: 
1214. (a) Common mongoose (Herpestes griseus) or mongoose of any kind: 
(&) Common mynah. Chinese mynali. crested mynah. or any other species of 
the starling family (Sturnidae) ; 
(c) Java sparrows, rice bird, nutmeg finch, or other species of the weaver 
bird family (Ploceidae) ; 
(d) European Chaffinch {FrhigUla corlcbs) : 
(e) Great titmouse (Parus major). 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1927 
