PRICES OF ANIMALS. 305 
These birds are so well known that it is sufficient to give the 
specific names only :— 
1st. Under £2 a pair :— 
colchicus, torquatus, picta and nycthemerus. . 
2nd. £2 to £4a pair :— 
versicolor, satscheuensis, reevesi, amherstie and melanonotus. 
3rd. Over £3 and up to £10 a pair :— 
mantchuricum, mongolicus, ellioti, wallichit, prelatus, swinhoit 
and caboti. 
4th. £10 to £20 a pair :— 
umpeyanus, semmerringt, vieilloti, satyra and temmincht. 
5th. £20 to £25 a pair :— 
nobilis. 
Ordinary Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, cost fifteen shillings to 
£1 5s. each, White birds £2 10s. to £4, Black-winged £2 10s. to 
£5, and Javan Pavo muticus (or spicifer) £5 to £7 10s. per bird. 
Though odd birds of the Peacock Pheasant, Polyplectron 
chinquis, may sometimes be obtained for as little as £1 10s., 
from £11 to £16 are asked for pairs. 
Guineafowl vary from five shillings apiece for Numida mele- 
agris to £6 a pair for N. (Acryllium) vulturina. 
Suborder PERISTEROPODES. 
The commoner species of Curassows and Penelopes appear to 
be worth from £3 to £6 12s. each, and the Brush-Turkeys, T'ale- 
galla lathami £3 15s. to £6 5s. each. 
Order FULICARIA. 
Although the ordinary European Moorhen and Coot are only 
worth about six shillings apiece, the more showy species, such 
as the Giant Rails, Aramides, the Weka Rails, Ocydromus, and 
the Purple Coots, Porphyrio, sell for from £1 to £2 each. 
Order ALECTORIDES. 
The birds of this order include some of the greatest favourites 
both for public collections and for private fanciers, and practi- 
cally all command high prices. I have, unfortunately, no notes 
of the values of Bustards, Trumpeters, and some of the rarer 
Cranes, nor of the Sun-Bittern, Kagu or Courlan. 
Cariama cristata I have seen once priced at £3 15s., and once 
at £4. 
