HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
In Italy, as in Spain, all. that the dealers buy 
are occasional Monkeys and other animals which 
sailors bring home from their voyages. Some 
English merchants receive their stock at Genoa 
and, after a short rest convey it thence to 
England. 
I may mention, as a curiosity, the Monkey 
market at Constantinople which supplies the 
Baboons often to be found in Turkish harems, 
where their grimaces amuse the most recently 
disenchanted inmates. It is at Constantinople, 
too, that Tziganes and Romanichels buy their 
Baboons, just as the little Italians of the Paris 
streets — some thirty years ago — used to buy 
their 's at Parma. Nearly all the Romanichels' 
' Bears are Syrian ears (Ursus arctos syriacus), 
gentler than European ones, and bought at 
Trieste where they are imported from Asia Minor. 
Of all foreign animals, Birds are those which 
arrive most regularly in large numbers in France. 
Not only small Passerines, but a good number of 
Waterfowl, Climbers, Pigeons, Game-birds, and 
even Birds-of-prey and Struthious birds are an- 
nually offered for sale in the various ports on the 
Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Among the 
lovers of living creatures, it is especially those 
who are interested in Ornithology who are numer- 
ous in France, and more than one of our colleagues 
have collections of Birds which are, from every 
point of view, remarkable. The Birds which the 
great liners bring us every spring in very impor- 
tant numbers, bear in all countries the name of 
"Collections from Senegal," for they generally 
consist of African birds, put on board at an African 
port, just as the consignments of South American 
birds — now-a-days, alas ! rare — -were styled in the 
time of Madame de Pompadour, "Collections from 
Brazil," or "Collections of Birds from the Isles." 
The Birds of Java, Indo-China, and India, are also 
commonly offered. Some years ago, also, many 
Australian birds, especially some Grassfinches 
(Poephila) used often to arrive at Marseilles, but 
they are becoming less and less common, like the 
little Red-faced Love-birds (Agapornis pullaria) 
called also Guinea Sparrows by French bird- 
dealers, which arc hardly now imported except in 
England. 
The Italian, Spanish and Portuguese dealers 
only receive directly some "Collections from Sene- 
gal," consisting of well-known birds of small 
value. 
We arc, then, indebted to England for all, 
or nearly all, the rare birds. Several fresh species 
Irom Northern India have made their appearance, 
these last few years, in this market. Nearly all 
Parrots and Parrakects are similarly imported 
into the British Isles. Cockatoos, short-tailed 
Parrots, some Macaws, the small American Par- 
rakeets of the Genera Brotogerys and Conurus, 
and the Palaeornis Parrakeets figure amongst tin- 
most abundant. Macaws, however, arrive less 
frequently than heretofore, and some of them (Ara 
leari, A. maracena, Cyonopsittacus spixi) are not 
to be had at all. Among- the typical Parrots, we 
may note the African Greys (P. erithacus), im- 
ported in great numbers, to be decimated by 
septic fever during the first months of their stay 
in England. They are hardly imported into France 
any more, especially those with light grey plum- 
age, which come from the south coast of West 
Equatorial Africa and are known by the trade 
name of "South Coast Birds," are credited with 
superior talent. Some Australian Parrakeets of 
the genus Platy cereus are not so common in the 
market as formerly. A good number of Scandi- 
navian, North Russian and Siberian birds are im- 
ported into England, of which some are only 
larger and brighter-coloured northern forms of 
our native birds (Bull-finches, Gold-finches, Sis- 
kins, Red-poles), and others belong to those 
regions : Rose-finch (Carpodaeus erythronusj, 
Waxwings (Ampelis garrulus), and some others. 
Unfortunately it was through German agents that 
these importations took place, and this will have 
to be avoided in future. 
The trade in Aquarium Fish is fairly wide- 
spread in England, though nevertheless very much 
less than it is in our enemies' countries. As to 
Insects, in England as in France, there is no 
trade done in importing them; the same thing can 
be said of the other Invertebrates, though in Ham- 
burg, Vienna, etc., as we have said, both had 
their department. 
Except for some species which English dealers 
import freely enough, the trade in Reptiles and 
Batrachians is insignificant. It is true that they 
find few purchasers, though they arc easy enough 
to keep in captivity, and certainly more interest- 
ing than many others. This fact" is perhaps best 
explained by the instinctive repulsion people 
generally feel for them. 
U e had no intention, in making these nok's, 
of entering into statistical particulars or of citing 
species. People interested in this question will 
find reliable assistance with the French National 
Society of Acclimatization, which will have plea- 
sure in supplying all complementary details. Our 
wish has been to give a clearer notion of the 
present conditions of this market, in order that 
the importers of the Allied Countries ma\ con- 
sider how best to compete with their enemies in 
this field. It ought to be easy for them to gel the 
animals of their colonies, which is as good as 
saying those of hall the entire tropical world. 
Outside Europe, the two Americas would give 
them a numerous and valuable body of patrons. 
A more intimate business association between the 
English and French dealers would also be desira- 
ble; they could render each other effective assi-a- 
ance, .\u(\ therein do appreciable service to accli- 
matizers and scientists, contributing at the same 
time to. the general well-being and prosperity oi 
their icspective countries. 
