286 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Order CARNIVORA. 
Family Frexip2. 
Felis leo.—Contrary to popular opinion, Lions are of little 
value, compared to the cost of their feeding. Wild bred, im- 
ported animals, in good condition, are worth from £60 to £100. 
Menagerie-bred Lions sell for smaller sums; one Zoological 
Gardens was offering cubs for £10 each in 1907. The smallest 
sum I have ever been offered a live Lioness for, in Kurope, 
was £3 15s.; the largest sum I have seen asked for a Lion was 
£250. 
F’. tigris.—Tigers and Tigresses are worth far more than 
Lions and Lionesses. The range of price also appears to be 
much smaller: my notes give £100 to £125 for Tigers, £75 to 
£112 for Tigresses. 
F. pardus.—Spotted Leopards, African or Asiatic, male or 
female, are of about equal value. £35 1s the highest figure I have 
seen an individual Leopard valued at. Ordinary good speci- 
mens are worth £25 to £30 each, but in order to clear surplus 
stock they are often quoted at from £15 to £20; cubs even for 
less. £10 is the lowest figure I have noted in Europe. 
Black Leopards are worth considerably more than Spotted 
ones: I have not sufficient data to give exact figures, but per- 
haps their value may be taken as three times that of Spotted 
Leopards. 
F’, uncia, Snow-Leopard or Ounce.—£75 to £150 each, asked. 
F’. nebulosa.—The Clouded Tiger I have only once noted in a 
trade-list: £50 was asked for a three-year-old female with 
damaged lower canine teeth. 
F. temmincki, Golden Cat.—£10 (once). 
F. bengalensis, Tiger Cat.—£5 (once). 
F. lynx. —The European Lynx seems to command high 
prices: £20 apiece for kittens, and £25 to £35 each for older 
animals. 
F., caracal, Caracal Lynx.—£7 10s. (once). 
F’, concolor.—Pumas are very frequently offered for sale, for 
from £5 upwards. As with Lions, those specimens bred in 
European menageries are of less value than imported animals. 
£15 to £18 apiece seems the general price for good Pumas, but 
exceptionally fine females go up to £20, and males up to £25. 
