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$5. [By proclamation of October 3, 1925, the President reduced the duty on live 
bobwhite quail 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 i)er cent 
ad valorem. (Paragraph 1419 prohibits the importation of the plumage of wild 
birds, so that undressed game birds may only be brought in under a bond for 
the destruction of their plumage.) 
Par. 715. Live wild animals, 15 i^er 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 
advaiiced further tlian dyeing, 25 per cent ad valorem. 
Par. 1507. Wild animals and birds intended for exhibition in zoolo^cal 
collections for scientific or educational purix)ses, and not for sale or profit, 
are admitted free. 
Par. 15(19. The eggs of birds are prohibited from entry, except tliat eggs of 
game birds may be imported free under reflations '' of the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture for propagating purpo^^es ; specimens may also be imported free for 
scientific collections. 
Par. 1579. Raw furs and fur skins (except silver or black fox skins), 
undressed, 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 PLUMAGE, 
MONGOOSES, AND CERTAIN BIRDS 
The importation of bird plumage into Canada for millinery purposes is 
prohibited by tariff item 1212 under Schedule O (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; 
(b) 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 reflations of the minister of customs for any 
natural-history or other museum or for educational purposes. 
Item 1214 under Schedule C (prohibitetl 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; 
(6) Common mynah, Chinese mynah, crested mynah, or any other species of 
the starling family (Stumidae) ; 
(c) Java sparrows, rice bird, nutmeg finch, or other species of the weaver 
bird family (Ploceidae) : 
id) European Chaffinch {Fringilla Goelebs) ; 
(e) Great titmouse (Pariis major). 
'See regulations (S. R. A. — B. S. 54), effective March 15, 1923, governing the importa- 
tion of eggs of game birds for propagation, copy of which may be obtained free of charge 
from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
