306 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Of the Cranes, the Demoiselle, Grus virgo, isby far the cheapest, 
and can sometimes be bought for £2 apiece. 
The Grey Crane, G. communis, is the next cheapest at £5 
each, then leucogeranus at from £6 to £8, and australasiana at 
from £8 to £10. 
The Sarus, antigone, varies from £7 to £12 10s., the Stanley, 
paradisea, £10 to £17, and the Crowned Cranes, Balearica, from 
£12 10s. to £20 each. 
Order IMPENNES. 
The South African Jackass Penguin, Spheniscus demersus, 
appears to be the only species procurable in Kurope. I have 
purchased them in Hamburg at £5 each. 
Order CRYPTURI. 
Tinamous, of various species, are frequently offered for sale 
at from fifteen shillings to £3 10s. per bird. 
Order CASUARII. 
Young individuals of the Ceram Cassowary, Casuarius galea- 
tus, may sometimes be obtained for from £8 to £10 each; adult 
birds cost from £12 to £22. The other species of Cassowaries 
are all more expensive; bicarunculatus and uniappendiculatus are 
priced at from £20 to £40. 
Young Emus, Dromeus nove-hollandie, cost from £5 upwards, 
and adults £16 to £27 per pair. 
Order STRUTHIONES. 
The ordinary grey Rhea americana is worth from £6 to£12 10s. 
per bird, but white specimens from £12 10s. to £25 each. 
The value of Ostriches is too big a subject to enter into in this 
article. 
Class REPTILIA. 
Practically all Reptiles that come into the market can be 
bought for from one shilling (in the case of the commonest 
Huropean species) up to £8 apiece. 
It is such large specimens as are in demand for public exhi- 
bition that cost more, and these very rapidly mount in price in 
proportion to their size: as the following examples show :— 
Giant Tortoise of Aldabra, Testudo elephantina : 
Length, 1:08 metres (or 3 ft. 63 in.). Weight, 80 kilos (or 
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