kviii First Report on Economic Zoology^ 



Survey of Sub-group (e) of Group B. 



ANIMALS BRED AND DOMESTICATED FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND" 

 DELIGHT OF THEIR OWNER,, EITHER BY BRILLIANT PLUMAGi; 

 AND COLOUR, SONG, OR BY COURAGE AND SKILL IN FIGHTING. 



Hexapoda Mantis flies and some beetles are kept by the Italian^ 



and Chinese for fighting ; also a grasshopper {CEticits) ; 

 and crickets also by Chinese. ,-■[_' 



Reptilia Horned or Californian toads {PJin/nosovia) are kept ag 



pets in North and Central America. The coral snake 

 {Tortrix scijtale) is used by native women in tropical 

 America as an adornment round their necks. 



Fish Fighting races of fish (il/r/crq/)oJi?s ^M/5f7iflx, var.) are bred 



by the Siamese. Goldfish and others for ornamental 

 purposes. 



Birds Fowls (Aseels and Malays) are bred by the Malayans and 



other races for fighting, and various game-fowls (Pile 

 game, black-breasted reds, duckwings) in Europe for the, 

 same purpose. Great varieties of birds are bred fo» 

 their brilliant plumage and colour and song — canaries, 

 bullfinches, silver pheasants {Gennibus nycthemcrus), 

 golden pheasants (Chryi>ol(yphus ficta), and others — au^ 

 various ornamental ducks, geese and swans, pear, 

 fowls. 



Mammalia Race-horses, greyhounds, and whippets, bull dogs, pugs 



and fancy dogs. Dutch, lop-eared, and other fancy 

 rabbits. Cavies or guinea pigs. A special race of buUg 

 is cultivated for fighting purposes in Spain. 



Survey of Sub-group (/) of Group B. 



animals bred and domesticated for the provision of hides, 

 wool, pat, bone, feathers, and other products such tas 



WAX, HONEY, SILK. AND MEDICAMENTS. 



Protozoa None. 



Porifera None. 



Ccelentera None. 



Echinoderma None. 



Platyhelmia None. 



Nemertina None. 



Nematoda ... None, 



Chsetopoda None. 



Crustacea None. 



Arachnida Spiders have been kept in some countries with a view 



to using their webbing as silk. 



Hexapoda Silk moths — Aiitherssa mylitfa (Tusseh silk), Anthcrsea 



pernyi. A, yavia-mai, Attaciis cyntJiia (Ailanthus silk), 

 and Bombyx viori are bred and reared in India, Cliina^ 

 Japan and Europe for the silk formed by the larvse, 

 also for the "cat-gut" made from the inside of the 

 silkworms. Bees are kept by all civilised nations for 

 the production of honey and wax. Cochineal insects. 

 (Coccus cacti) are cultivated for dyes and colours in 

 Mexico, Peru, Spain, Algiers. 



Chilopoda None. 



Diplopoda None. 



Mollusca None. 



Tunicata None. 



Fish None. 



