. Bombay ducks; an account of some of the every-day birds and beasts found in a naturalist's Eldorado . ited to the roller. The bird is common enough a hundred miles inland,and becomes rarer as one nears Madras. Any one whotravels from Bangalore by the day train can verify thisassertion for himself. The truth is that European and American womenare responsible for the rarity of this beautiful is one of the many victims of the abominable practice,indulged in by some women, of wearing birds plumagein their hats. If this custom does not die a speedydeath, all the most beautiful birds w
. Bombay ducks; an account of some of the every-day birds and beasts found in a naturalist's Eldorado . ited to the roller. The bird is common enough a hundred miles inland,and becomes rarer as one nears Madras. Any one whotravels from Bangalore by the day train can verify thisassertion for himself. The truth is that European and American womenare responsible for the rarity of this beautiful is one of the many victims of the abominable practice,indulged in by some women, of wearing birds plumagein their hats. If this custom does not die a speedydeath, all the most beautiful birds will, ere long, beswept off the face of the earth, in spite of the lawspassed with a view to bird protection; for such laws areeasy to break. Few can be aware of the enormoustrade that is carried on in birds skins. Every number of Bird Notes and News, the journalof the Society for the Protection of Birds, containsan entry similar to the following:— At the feather sale at the Commercial Sale Rooms,London, on 19th April, 1904, there were 161 pack-ages of osprey feathers, of varying quantities, these. ROI,!lRl) OK ■ JAY THE BLUE JAY 113 being all the plumes of the various egrets and smalleastern herons, with a few of the common heron (). Of birds of paradise from New Guinea, therewere 3255, chiefly P. apoda; of Impeyan pheasantsfrom the Himalayas, 648 ; of Indian rollers (blue jays)no fewer than 3913, with also a large number of EastIndian pigeons (wings), and pittas, Indian owls, parrots,and jungle cocks. One firm catalogued 469 Chinesemandarin ducks. The remainder of the birds weremostly from America, comprising 52,628 hummingbirds, and numerous cardinals, tanagers, trogans,toucans, parrots, etc. There were also a large quantityof wing quills from pelicans, swans, geese, turkeys, andeagles. At the June sale ten cases of peacock-feathers weresold, each case containing about 100 lb. of to the efforts made by the Society for theProtection of Bi
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