14 BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY [S. R. A. 
advanced or manufactured in any manner, including quilts of down and other 
manufactures of down ; artificial or ornamental feathers suitable for use as 
millinery ornaments, artificial or ornamental fruits, vegetables, grains, leaves, 
flowers, and stems or parts thereof, of whatever material composed, not specially 
provided for, 60 per centum ad valorem; natural leaves, plants, shrubs, herbs, 
trees, and parts thereof, chemically treated, colored, dyed, or painted, not spe- 
cially provided for, 60 per centum ad valorem ; boas, boutonnieres, wreaths, and 
all articles not specially provided for, composed wholly or in chief value of any 
of the feathers, flowers, leaves, or other m;iterial herein mentioned, 60 per 
centum ad valorem : Provided, That the importation of birds of paradise, 
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 manu- 
factured, and not for scientific or educational purposes, is hereby prohibited; 
but this provision shall not apply to the feathers or plumes of ostriches or to the 
feathers or plumes of domestic fowls of any kind: Provided further, That birds 
of paradise and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts thereof, 
and all aigrettes, egret plumes, or so-called osprey plumes, and the feathers, 
quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins, of wild birds, either rav,- or 
manufactured, of like kind to those the importation of which is prohibited by 
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, which may be found in the 
United States, on and after the passage of this act, except as to such plumage 
or parts of birds in actual use for personal adornment, and except such plumage, 
birds, or parts thereof imported therein for scientific or educational purposes, 
shall be presumed for the purpose of seizure to have been imported unlawfully 
after October 3. 1913, and the collector of customs shall seize the same unless 
the possessor thereof sliall establish, to the satisfaction of the collector, that the 
same were imported into the United States prior to October 3, 1913, or as to such 
plumage or parts of birds that they were plucked or derived in the United States 
from birds lawfully therein ; and in case of seizure by the collector he shall 
proceed as in case of forfeiture for violation of the custom laws, and the same 
shall be forfeited, unless the claimant shall in any legal proceeding to enforce 
such forfeiture, other than a criminal prosecution, overcome the presumption of 
illegal importation and establish that the birds or articles seized, of like kind 
to those mentioned the importation of which is prohibited as above, were im- 
ported into the United States prior to October 3, 1913, or were plucked in the 
United States from birds lawfully therein. 
That whenever birds or plumage, the importation of which is prohibited by 
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, are forfeited to the Government, 
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to place the same with the 
departments or bureaus of the Federal or State Governments or societies or 
museums for exhibition or scientific or educational purposes, but not for sale or 
personal use; and in the event of such birds or plumage not being required 
or desired by either Federal or State Government or for educational purposes, 
they shall he destroyed. 
That nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of the 
act of March 4. 1913, chapter 145 (37 Statutes at Large, page S47), 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. That if on investigation by the collector before 
seizure, or before trial for forfeiture, or if at such trial if such seizure has 
been made, it shall be made to app<^ar to the collector, or the prosecuting 
oflif'er 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 145 (37 Statutes at Large, page 847), or the 
act of July 3, 1918 (40 Statutes at Large, page 755), or any oth(>r law of the 
Unit(^d States, now of force, intended for the protection or preservation of birds 
within the United States, it shall l^ the duty of the collector, or such prose- 
cuting 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 iK)und is imposed on reindeer meat, venison, 
and other game (except birds). 
Par. 711. The duty on live birds (except poultry) is 50 cent.s (\ach on those 
valued at $5 or less, and 20 per cent ad valorem on tliose valued at more than 
