Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey for 1911
The Biological Survey has cooperated actively with officials of various States 1n enforcing the laws prohibiting the sale and posses sion of certain plumage for millinery. The condition of the plumage traffic of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and Milwaukee was investigated. It was found that no heron aigrettes were being sold in California, and very few in Utah and Colorado, a few were on sale in St. Louis and Kansas City, which were shortly afterwards seized unde1 the game law; a few in Milwaukee, and many in Chicago. The Shea law, passed by the New York Legislature in 1910, went into operation July and a similar law passed by the New Jersey Legislature in May, 1911, became effective ln August, 1911. Each of these laws prohibits the sale or possession of plumage of birds of the same family as any that are found within the State. The desirability of Similar legislation will be brought to public attention ln other parts of the United States. Through the State Department statistics of the trade in aigrettes throughout the world have been secured, and the bureau will soon publish this information.
The newly appointed plumage expert of Missour1 was given the opportunity to study our collection of birds and to consult our ornithological works. Not only has he thus been enabled to do better official work, but he incidentally brought out certain facts of general interest to ornithologists as well as bird protectors.
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