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any provision ... any person, firm, corporation ... upon conviction thereof, 
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment 
for not more than six months, or both.” 
FEDERAL TARIFF ACT OF 1930 
(U. S. CoDE, SUPPLEMENT IV, TITLE 19) 
“Par. 1518. The importation of ... the feathers, quills, heads, wings, 
tails, skins, or parts of skins, of wild birds . .. is hereby prohibited... 
The feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins, of wild 
birds . . . which may be found in the United States, on and after the 
passage of this Act ... 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 Ocober 3, 1913; . .. and in case of: seizure-.-. . 
the same shall be forfeited, unless the claimant shall . . . overcome the 
presumption of illegal importation and establish that the birds or articles 
seized . . . were imported into the United States prior to October 3, 1913, 
or were plucked in the United States from birds lawfully therein.” 
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The Blue Jay 
Villon among the birds is he, 
A bold, bright rover, bad and free; 
Yet not without such loveliness 
As makes the curse upon him less. 
If larkspur blossoms were a-wing, 
If iris went adventuring, 
Or, on some morning, we should see 
Heaven bright blue chicory 
Come drifting by, we would forgive 
Some little sins, and let them live! 
Verlaine among the birds is he, 
A creature of iniquity; 
And yet, what joy for one who sees 
An orchid drifting through the trees! 
The bluebell said a naughty word 
In mischief, and there was a bird. 
The blue sky laughed aloud, and we 
Saw wings of lapis lazuli. 
So fair a sinner surely wins 
A little mercy for his sins. 
—LOUISE DRISCOLL 
