| Show AVERAGE OF 1000 CANARIES I A DAY IMPORTED LAST YEAR I I More than half a million foreign birds were imported into this country countr durIng 1928 a fi figure re never before attain attained according to the Biological Survey Suney of f the United States Depart t Depart Depar Department 1 ment of Agriculture The bureau IS s charged with the supervision of all importations of foreign n birds and andi i some mammals to prevent the int intro intro- introduction intro o- o of injurious species and dis- dis diseases dis diseases I eases Canaries as before the largest number of these bird im- im imI im immigrants nn- nn mi migrants rants averaging more than 1000 n a day for 1928 Nearly two-thirds two of I an all game ame birds imported have been Mexican quail Next to these stand standI pheasants formerly a large item inthe in inthe I the entries but State game farms and private enterprises now supply the most of the stock for this country I and importations have fallen off con con- considerably con j Permits issue issued durin during the year fori importations importation of birds and mammals numbered 1211 an increase of over those of the year Six additional permits were issued at Honolulu Hawaii for the entry of 53 miscellaneous birds The to total tl 1 num- num number ber of foreign birds imported was 68 2308 including canaries and 82 82 82 parrots quail representatives ot of of miscellaneous species Permits were also allo issued for forthe forthe or the entry of eggs of game g-ame birds as fiS against 30 in 1927 1 27 These shipments ts were principally pheasant eg eggs 3 from England Eggs of ducks and grouse were also entered from rom Alberta i Abut About third one-third of all the known species of parrots have been brought in at various times for exhibition pur ruses and like canaries the numbers have ha increased creased considerably since the World War Very few parrots breedin breed I in captivity in the United States but i some sonic live Jive for a number of years ye The i largest number come from fram Australia and nd tropical al America especially Cu- Cu Cuba Cuba Cu Cuba ba Panama andI and Mexico I xico Cage birds sill i come carne from but in il red re- re d si e j n 13 because b the Mexican I Government now requires export permits per per- permits per permits mits for cardinals mocking birds and i andi certain other species and authority for possession must also be obtained from the State to which they are consigned |
