16 BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY [S. R. A. 
SCHEDULE 15.— SUNDRIES 
Pab. 1518. Feathers and downs, on the skin or otherwise, crude or not dressed, 
colored, or otherwise advanced or manufactured in any manner, not specially 
provided for, 20 per centum ad valorem ; dressed, colored, or otherwise advanced 
or manufactured in any manner, including quilts of down and other manufac- 
tures of down, GO per centum ad valorem ; feather dusters, 45 per centum ad 
valorem ; artificial or ornamental feathers suitable for use as millinery orna- 
ments, 60 per centum ad valorem; * * * and all articles not specially pro- 
vided for, composed wholly or in chief value of any of the feathers, * * * 
above mentioned, shall be subject to the rate of duty provided in this paragraph 
for such materials, but not less than 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 manufactured, and not for scientific or educa- 
tional 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 raw or manufactured, of like kind to those 
the importation of which is prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this para- 
graph, 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 shall 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 customs laws, and the same shall be forfeited, unless the claimant shall, 
in any legal proceeding to enforce such forfeiture, other than a criminal prosecu- 
tion, 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 imported 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 be destroyed. 
That nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of the 
Act of March 4, 1913, chapter 145 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 847), 
or the Act of July 3, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 755), or any other 
law of the United States, now of force, intended for the protection or preserva- 
tion of birds within the United States. That if on investigation by the col- 
lector before seizure, or before trial for forfeiture, or if at such trial if such 
seizure has been made, it shall be made to appear to the collector, or the prose- 
cuting 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 145 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 847), or the 
Aot of July 3, 1918 (Fortieth 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. 
Par, 1519. (a) Dressed furs and dressed fur skins (except silver or black 
fox), and plates, mats, linings, strips, and crosses of dressed dog, goat, or kid 
skins, 25 per centum ad valorem ; all the foregoing, if dyed, 30 per centum ad 
valorem. 
