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 66 Bird- Lore references: Imf^rtpr^ and Traders National Bank. New York. Sterner Bros. Bankers, Birmingham. Ala. Henrv Stern & Co.. Boston. Mass. Henry Stern & Co, New Orleans. Crescent City Moss Ginnery-. New Oriea Chas- Kahn. Jr. & Son. Cincinnati, 01 Peter Schneider Sons i Co N.V lohn H Lvon* Co. N.Y. R. Weiden. N V Ceo. B. Ritchie 4 Co. N Y Below^ 1 hand you prices for the fol est market price on the arrival of goods. LAUGHiNT. GULL, prims, I1M7 CBrtd, Clean and KOYAL TERNS, AVILSON ■■ ■■ •• ■' ■■ " SE.A. SWALLOW, •■ "" ' WHITE SEA PIGEONS BLACK SEA ' " HERRING GULL,(or Storm Gulls) ESTA8LISHE0 1854. -E^ LOUIS STERN, COMMISSION MERCHANT BIRDS SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS WHEN CURED. New York, September 7ih, 1899. lowing articles in our market. I always obtain for Shippers the high- 1 want for immediate shipment the very largest Grey Gulls. Blaclilieaded Le.iet Terns JinillB. liCelV Cired, Cleai aiid dTT lOHIld Stins. 25 '. 12 ■ 50 • 2.5 1030 15 15 dry round sKiiis, 35 " •■ •• 35 Oreylicaded BARN OWLS, OWLS of other species, (only large size) " " ' '• pREBE SKIMS, accordinc to size and condition " HERRING and LAUGHING GULL WINGS, per pair, ROYAL TERN WINGS. " •' If you are not familiar with curing ROUND BIRD SKINS, as picture of bird shown above, cut the whole wing off close from the body and take out wing bone, and then cut open the other joints and remove all the meat — then sprinkle with either plaster or arsenic on the wing in its original shape closed, and exposei same until dry. Be sure and do not bVeak or spread the wing, and do not ship bodies after cutting wings off the following birds, only Herring, Laughing Gull and Royal Terns. Express Birds and Grebe Skins packed either in light cases, or packed nicely and wrapped in burlap, so as to reduce expense in expressing, and you can also forward small lots of birds by mail wrapped either in heavy paper or light cloth and well tied. I also solicit your valued shipments for HQNEY, WAX, WHITE HERON. (White Crane) EGRET PLUiVES, LARGE BLUE CRANE SKINS WITH WINGS, ALLIGATOR SKINS. BEEF HIDES, GOAT, SHEEP, DEER SKINS and FUR. Also GREEN TURTLE and SALT WATER TER- RAPIN to be shipped about the n;iddle of November next. lam, yours respectfully, LOTJIS STERTT^ 101 BEEKMAN STREET, New York CHy. l^*DON'T SHIP FOLLOWING : S:rall Blue Crane, Night Heron, Brown Egret, Surf Snipes, Water Turkey and Grosbeak. Fac-siiiiile, slightly reduced, of message-side of postal card sent out by feather dealer to Post- masters. It was the wholesale distribution of this, and similar circulars, which induced the Biolo.^ical Survey, through the Department of Agriculture,- to appeal to the Postmaster General to prohibit Postmasters from assisting feather dealers, with the gratifying results set forth below by Dr. Palmer, of the Biological Survey. Protest against the Collection of Plume Birds through Postmasters Some weeks ago the Department of Agriculture received information that preparations were being made to collect plume birds in large quantities in the Gulf States, and that cards had been sent out by a certain New York dealer to postmasters in the South, soliciting Gulls, Grebes, Owls, and other species now in demand for the millinery trade. On January 27, 1900, the Secretary of Agriculture addressed a letter to the Postmaster General referring to the dis- tribution of these cards, and requesting that postmasters be warned against aid- ing or engaging in the slaughter of birds. Attention was called to the State laws protecting birds, and especially to the acts of Florida and Texas prohibiting the killing of plume birds. The Postmaster General promptly issued an order, directing the attention of post- masters to this letter, in which they were " expressly enjoined against being parties to any transaction that violates State law." The order and letter were published in full in the ' Postal Guide ' for February, and thus brought to the notice of post office officials throughout the country. One energetic postmaster in Maine at once contributed an article on protecting plume birds to his local paper, and some of the daily papers in Philadelphia and Washington commented on the novel plume-bird order. Thus through the medium of the Post Office Department, the attention of nearly 75,000 postmasters has been called to the laws protecting birds and the methods of the plume trade, while the general public has re- ceived another warning of the urgent necessity for more effective measures to prevent our plume birds from being exterminated in the interests of the millinery trade. — T. S. Palmer.