The total number of bird corpses auctioned during these three sales is as follows: 

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.
                             -------
       Total number of birds 223,490

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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

[Footnote E:  Chiefly Ostrich feathers.]

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: