xviii First Report on Economic Zoology. 
Survey of Sub-group (e) of Group B. 
ANIMALS BRED AND DOMESTICATED FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND 
DELIGHT OF THEIR OWNER, EITHER BY BRILLIANT PLUMAGE 
AND COLOUR, SONG, OR BY COURAGE AND SKILL IN FIGHTING. 
Hexapoda Mantis flies and some beetles are kept by the Italians 
and Chinese for fighting ; also a grasshopper ( CEticus ) ; 
and crickets also by Chinese. 
Reptilia Horned or Californian toads (Phrynosoma) are kept as 
pets in North and Central America. The coral snake 
(Tortrix scytale) is used by native women in tropical 
America as an adornment round their necks. 
Fish '. ... Fighting races of fish (Macropoclus pugnax, var.) are bred 
by the Siamese. Goldfish and others for ornamental 
purposes. 
Birds Fowls (Aseels and Malays) are bred by the Malayans and 
other races for fighting, and various game-fowls (Pile 
game, black-breasted reds, duckwings) in Europe for the 
same purpose. Great varieties of birds are bred for 
their brilliant plumage and colour and song — canaries, 
bullfinches, silver pheasants ( Gcnnseus nycthemerus ) , 
golden pheasants (Chrysolophus picta), and others — and 
various ornamental ducks, geese and swans, pea- 
fowls. 
Mammalia Race-horses, greyhounds, and whippets, bull dogs, pugs 
and fancy dogs. Dutch, lop-eared, and other fancy 
rabbits. Cavies or guinea pigs. A special race of bulls 
is cultivated for fighting purposes in Spain. 
Survey of Sub-group (/) of Group B. 
ANIMALS BRED AND DOMESTICATED FOR THE PROVISION OF HIDES, 
WOOL, FAT, BONE, FEATHERS, AND OTHER PRODUCTS SUCH AS 
WAX, HONEY, SILK, AND MEDICAMENTS. 
Protozoa .... 
Porifera 
Ccelentera 
Echinoderma 
Platyhelmia . 
Nemertina .... 
Nematoda ... 
Chsetopoda . 
Crustacea .... 
Arachnida .... 
Hexapoda .... 
Chilopoda 
Diplopoda 
Mollusca 
Tunicata 
Fish 
None. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
Spiders have been kept in some countries with a view 
to using their webbing as silk. 
Silk moths — Anther sea mylitta (Tusseh silk), Anthersea 
pernyi, A. yama-mai, Attacus cynthia (Ailanthus silk), 
and Bombyx viori are bred and reared in India, China, 
Japan and Europe for the silk formed by the larv®, 
also for the “cat-gut” made from the inside of the 
silkworms. Bees are kept by all civilised nations for 
the production of honey and wax. Cochineal insects 
( Coccus cacti) are cultivated for dyes and colours in 
Mexico, Peru, Spain, Algiers. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
None. 
