PRICES OF ANIMALS. 287 
#. onca.—Young Jaguars sell for £25 to £35 each. I have 
noted £45 asked for a female, and as much as £80 for a male 
Jaguar. 
F’. pardalis.—Ocelots appear very variable in value, anything 
from £1 10s. to £9. 
fF. canadensis, Canadian Lynx.—£25 for a pair (once) : that 
is to say, only half the value of the European Lynx! 
Cynelurus jubatus.—The Chita, or Cheetah, appears rarely to 
come into the market. I have only two specimens noted, an 
eight-months-old cub for which £25 was asked, and an eighteen- 
months old female for which £37 10s. was asked. 
Family ViveRRiIpm. 
Ten years’ notes of the prices of the commonly imported 
species of Civet Cats, Genets, Paradoxures or Musangs, Ichneu- 
mons or Mongeese, and Meercats show a monotonous con- 
sistency of value; averaging about £1 to £1 5s. per animal. 
Naturally the smaller and commoner species are the cheapest, 
ranging down to fifteen, twelve, or even ten shillings per head, 
while the larger and more showy species, such as Viverra civetta, 
may go up to £3 and £4. 
Family Hymnipm. 
Hyena crocuta.—The Spotted Hyena is apparently not very 
easily obtainable alive. I have only noted it once on a trade- 
list, when £30 was asked. I may mention that, while resident 
in Africa, I have from time to time been asked by correspondents 
to get Spotted Hyenas for them, but so far I have never been 
able to oblige them. The Giza Zoological Gardens, in Kgypt, 
from 1891 to 1907, have only received four specimens, all four 
presented, and all four males; so there has been no opportunity 
of breeding this interesting species, as has been done at times in 
European Zoological Gardens. 
H. striata.—The Striped Hyena, on the other hand, is at 
times a drug on the market: prices vary from £3 to £10 per 
animal. 
Family Canipm. 
The price of European Wolves varies from ten shillings to 
£4, but is usually about £2 per animal. White Wolves are 
