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the age and condition of the individual, from £3 to £12 10s.: 
but £4 to £5 is an ordinary price to give for a common Por- 
cupine. 
H. javanica.—£3 to £3 15s. seems a fair price for the smaller 
and crestless Asiatic Porcupines. 
Hrithizon dorsatus. — The Canadian Poreupine during the 
last two years appears to have been imported fairly freely into 
Kurope, and prices range from £1 10s. to £3 15s. 
Sphingurus villosus. — This Brazilian Porcupine I have only 
once seen mentioned in a price list, at £3. 
Family CHINCHILLIDS. 
Chinchilla lanigera, the Chinchilla.—£2 10s. (once). 
Lagostomus trichodactylus, the Viscacha.—£2 (once). 
Family Dasyproctip™. 
The Paca, Celogenys, though sometimes quoted lower, is worth 
from £3 to £5 apiece. The Agouti, Dasyprocta agutt and D. 
azareé, is worth from £1 10s. to £2 each. 
Family Cavum. 
The Mara, Dolichotis patachonica, I have seen quoted at from 
£5 to £7 10s. each, and the Capybara, Hydrocherus, at from 
£3 10s. to £15 each. 
Family Lrporipm. 
The South German and Austrian dealers offer Huropean 
Hares at from five to eighteen shillings each, according to sex, 
time of year, &c., and European Rabbits at from eighteenpence 
to two shillings each. 
Order UNGULATA. 
Suborder HYRACOIDEA. 
Family Procaviipm. 
The only species of Hyrax that seems to find its way into the 
hands of Kuropean dealers is the South African Procavia capensis : 
I have seen it quoted at from £2 to £5 each, but it frequently 
seems to be “‘ out of stock’ when one, in answer to an advertise- 
ment, wishes to buy it; I have only once been successful 
enough to actually buy some, which was from a Hamburg 
dealer, at the price of £4 per Hyrax, which I consider very 
reasonable. 
