| Aigrettes, | 21,528 | ounces | = | 129,168 | Egrets. |
| Herons, | 2,683 | " | = | 13,598 | Herons. |
| 20,698 | Birds of Paradise. | ||||
| 41,090 | Hummingbirds. | ||||
| 9,464 | Eagles, Condors, etc. | ||||
| 9,472 | Other Birds. | ||||
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| Total number of birds | 223,490 | ||||
It is to be remembered that the sales listed above cover the transactions of four firms only, and do not in any manner take into account the direct importations from Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam of manufacturers and other dealers. The defenders of the feather trade are at great pains to assure the world that in the monthly, bi-monthly and quarterly sales, feathers often appear in the market twice in the same year; and this statement is made for them in order to be absolutely fair. Recent examinations of the plume catalogues for an entire year, marked with the price paid for each item, reveals very few which are blank, indicating no sale! The subtractions of the duplicated items would alter the result only very slightly.
The full extent of England's annual consumption of the plumage of wild birds slaughtered especially for the trade never has been determined. I doubt whether it is possible to ascertain it. The information that we have is so fragmentary that in all probability it reflects only a small portion of the whole truth, but for all that, it is sufficient to prove the case of the Defenders of the Birds vs. the London Chamber of Commerce.
| IMPORTS OF FEATHERS AND DOWN (ORNAMENTAL) FOR THE YEAR 1910 | ||
| Pounds. | Value. | |
| Venezuela | 8,398 | $191,058 |
| Brazil | 787 | 5,999 |
| Japan | 2,284 | 3,830 |
| China | 6,329 | 16,308 |
| Tripoli | 345 | 900 |
| Egypt | 21,047 | 89,486 |
| Java, Sumatra, and Borneo | 15,703 | 186,504 |
| Cape of Good Hope | 709,406 [ [E] ] | 9,747,146 |
| British India | 18,359 | 22,137 |
| Hong-Kong | 310 | 3,090 |
| British West Indies | 30 | 97 |
| Other British Colonies | 10,438 | 21,938 |
The above does not take into account the feathers from game birds received in England from France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium and the Netherlands.
As a final side-light on the quantity of egret and heron plumes offered and sold in London during the twelve months ending in April, 1912, we offer the following exhibit: