HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
MacCarthy, Professor Mettam, Professor Scott, 
L. E. Steele, H. F. Stephens, and Sir R. H. 
Woods. 
The following gifts were reported : — Vege- 
tables from Mr. Gibson Black, and horses for the 
carnivora from Messrs. A. W. Thwaiteis, Mrs. 
Malone, and Messrs,. Walter Brown. Colonel 
Daniel, Commandant's House, Arbour Hill, and 
Major Tamworth were entered as Garden Sub- 
scribers. Visitors to the Gardens for the week, 
1,071. 
This being the first Saturday in November, 
the judging for the photographic medal offered 
by the Society for the best set of four pictures of 
animals taken in the Zoological Gardens by ama- 
teurs took place. A large number of exhibits were 
forwarded to the Committee, all of them possess- 
ing merit of varying degree. The set awarded the 
silver medal in the class open to> all amateurs, ir- 
respective of age, was sent in by "Semper" (Mr. 
Arthur MacCullum). Another excellent exhibit 
came very close, and it is hoped the competitor 
will succeed on some other occasion in carrying off 
the medal. In the junior class, which is limited 
to competitors under 18 years (the age of competi- 
tors being considered), the excellence of the ex- 
hibits deserved much praise. Miss Muriel H. A. 
Goodman (aged 14) is awarded a silver medal in 
the junior class, her pictures showing special merit, 
and the bronze medal falls to Master Jim FitzGib- 
bon (aged 10 years and G months). The prize pic- 
tures will be on view during the next few weeks in 
the lion house. A lecture will be given on Thurs- 
day, 2,5th November, under the Society's auspices, 
bv'Mr. W. S. Green, C.B. 
Note on the present state of the Live 
Foreign Animal Market in Europe. 
By G. DE Southoff. 
(Translated from the Bulletin of the French National 
Acclimatization Society, July, 1915, by F. Finn.) 
(Continued from page 4, No. G.) 
The Mammals imported present a great diver- 
sity of form and size; from little Rodents of the 
size of a Mouse to Elephants. The laws restrict- 
ing their export which are in force in certain 
colonies, laws which one can but approve, never- 
theless, since their object is the protection of rare 
species, hinder some importations, which are only 
allowed by exceptional permission for zoological 
gardens. The delicacy of certain animals is a 
serious obstacle to their introduction to the Euro- 
pean markets; thus, for instance, some Edentates 
and Insectivores and many American Monkevs are 
rarely offered for sale. 
Setting aside the animals whose size puts 
them out of the question for most amateurs and 
many naturalists, we will only deal with others. 
We may mention as we go along, among those 
which are not as well known and appreciated as 
they might be either as curiosities or scientifically, 
many small Carnivores : — Wild Cats such as Felis 
mitis, Felis geoffrozi; Caracals (Felis Caracal); 
Coatis (Nasua); Genets (Genetta); Marsupials — 
Phalangers (Trichosurus) and Kangaroos (Macro- 
pus); a number of Monkeys, from the common 
Macaques and Bonnets (M. cynomolgus and sini- 
cus) to the elegant Mangabeys (Cercocebus) and 
Guenous (Cercopithecus), and to the American 
kinds of which only three or four, the Capuelions 
(Cebus), Spider-Monkeys (Ateles) and of the 
Aarious Marmosets (Hapale, Fidas) make their 
appearance in our ports, but which are among the 
commonest in the Liverpool and London markets. 
Then, too, it is our English friends who im- 
port the most Ungulates, Ruminants, Carnivores, 
Monkeys, Lemurs, Marsupials, Rodents, and even 
Bats are to be found in good numbers, every year, 
with their dealers. Certain fresh species have re- 
placed those which for some reason or another 
have become rare. Arrivals are becoming more 
and more regular. The huge colonial empire of 
England alone furnishes the majority of these ani- 
mals. The numerous and interesting' species 
peculiar to Australia arrive in great quantities and 
are sold at very reasonable prices. The Monkey 
market is also well supplied and it) is only in Eng- 
land that one can get some American Monkeys 
and the rare Guenous of tropical and insular 
Africa. The anthropoid Apes are of common oc- 
currence in the hands of the English dealers, 
commoner than anywhere else, except perhaps 
as reg'ards the Orang-utons and Gibbons which 
the Dutch import from their possessions in the 
Dutch Indies, with some other species from their 
colonies. The animals of Central Asia and Siberia 
are rarer. They used generally to be common with 
the Austrian and German dealers of Trieste and 
Hamburg-. On the other hand, the Asiatic and 
African Ruminants, Antelopes, Gazelles, Goats, 
and Wild Sheep are common in the English mar- 
kets, as are also' the Mammals of North America. 
In France, Mammals are only imported very 
irregularly and in small numbers, with the excep- 
tion of some Monkeys, Armadillos (Dasypus), 
Squirrels, and other small and common enough 
animals. It is to be regretted that the animals of 
the French Colonies are not imported or were so 
by German dealers ! Here is a source of profit 
for our fellow-countrymen which we should do ill 
to neglect any longer. 
In Belgium, animals used to be imported at 
Antwerp, but generally only in course of transit 
to Germany. The Zoological Garden of that city 
used to hold an annual sale of foreign animals 
which was much patronised. 
