32 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
COAT OF NATURAL MUSKRAT 
It contains about 68 skins. 
Value, for fine quality, $425. 
And is there any intelligent person who believes 
that the muskrat species can long endure? 
Prime British Columbia marten that in 1906 
were caught and sold at $10 each, in 1920 
brought in the New York fur auction from $60 
to $100, and in Montreal even more. On Octo- 
ber 8, 1919, at the New York fur auction, 7 
dark marten skins fetched $135 each; and who 
will undertake to assert that five years hence 
similar skins will not fetch $200 each? 
ANNUAL VOLUME OF CapturED Furs 
We know no better index of the destruction of 
fur-bearing animals than the figures of the great 
fur sales in London and America. The kinds 
and quantities tell their own stories. 
In the United States and Canada great fur 
auctions are held periodically at New York, St 
Louis and Montreal. Each city is competing 
for first place in fur importance, and each han- 
dles its full share of raw furs. Let us take a 
few figures from our own mart, which will 
merely show the quarterly output of only one 
of the three fur markets of America. 
Skins Sotp 1n New York 
Two Sales, 15 Months Apart 
Oct. 6,1919 Jan. 17, 1921 
Moiskratl aia.. cee 270,265 295,832 
Beaver? tire eeeere 15,626 2,655 
Otters. neers acct nee eee 2,222 1,015 
Marten ee sea teen 9 ATS 3,625 
Stone Marten!;.....-5- 2,940 3,549 
Baum Martens 1,160 1,139 
Japanese Marten....... 695 T17 
Badgers faeecrciccvenmnn 6,249 1,308 
Kirmine) eis crsercenceceere: 52,852 50,581 
Wolverines aaaneeacaene 329 169 
Minkitntorseaacicmacore 48,425 52,028 
Japanese Mink ......... 17,748 8,195 
Skunks ster ecco 173,871 106,380 
Bishertemanccticeiateer 504 272 
hha INOS Sonaoacassons 257 142 
Red Hoxtacecee esr 23,470 12,649 
Gross! Hoxseyeeeeree ce 392 424 
(Gigine INS soodseosocanaa 8,620 1,337 
Whites Hoxeneacce sees 1,042 1,764 
JME Boooocooso4oce 392 964 
Australian HOx-- eee 29,010 16,825 
Sundry Hoxes) sees 9,825 9,805 
Wilf. Somers cere 19,470 19,000 
Riaccoon.- ner eeonenre: 17,753 35,087 
BlacksBearwecen see 865 444 
Browne bearer renee ae 120 50 
GrizzlysBeatn ne eenee. 17 25 
Russian Savles- eee 3,018 439 
@hinchillage ere eee 544 931 
Kolinskys “acest 20,118 22,800 
INI Sagi eoaeretbonomntas 34,242 10,289 
Chinese Raccoon........ 4,524 1,002 
Pi i0) omeanteonrccreecio Ti ondy 2,360 402 
Wildl Cattansecana-ctci 9,885 9,308 
Moles =. cvcton atone ans 238,760 473,809 
OPOOSAINTN ooooouasonsnad 81,962 185,410 
Ringtail Opossum....... 20,148 71,156 
Australian Opossum... . 63,933 31,094 
Tasmanian Opossum.... 1,349 8,813 
Ming talliCatsia-eeree ate 6,149 4,583 
Ritch (Rolecat) erences 16,214 55,492 
Flying Squirrelly....---- 2,000 770 
Japanese (HOx <a). sen 2,492 ete 
Squirrel]! fica cesses 345,936 124,085 
Chinese Weasel......... e: 28,041 
Rabbit (Skins) eee 33,668 
Rabbit (pounds) 43,596 85,470 
Total) cy.ciacsetameene 1,567,231 1,683,133 
Coincident with the January fur sales in the 
three fur markets of North America, there oc- 
curred in London, on January 26, 1920, a sale 
of furs which represents an additional output 
from the fur fields of the world. The figures 
