them on the yolk of egg, finely powdered 

 and mixed with water, and kept them on this 

 diet for about two weeks. After this time 

 we fed them on daphnia, powdered shrimp, 

 scraped meat and blood albumen, varying the 

 feeding of each. When born they were about 

 a quarter of an inch long. They are now 

 about three-quarters cf an inch long, but they 

 have not assumed any color. 



THE AMERICAN CHAMELEON 



Some aquarists find other uses for their 

 aquariums than that of raising fish. The 

 following is an extract telling how one 

 aquarium was used as a home for raising 

 some Chameleons. — Editor. 



Perhaps the only excuse an article on 

 "The American Chameleon" can offer for its 

 appearance in the Aquarium Notes and News 

 is that these particular Chameleons once lived 

 in an aquarium. Our German friends have 

 special houses built for lizards, but these little 

 fellows under observation lived happily in an 

 old twelve-gallon aquarium, planted with fern 

 palms and crotons. 



The American chameleon, or green lizard, 

 abounds throughout Southeastern United 

 States and West Indies, reaching a length 

 of five to six inches when full grown. It is 

 one of the few lizards that make excellent 

 pets, is easily tamxed, is not as swift or active 

 as others of its kind, nor does it burrow in 

 sand or earth as many varieties do. 



The color of the American chameleon is 

 usually a dull brown, but this at times changes 

 to a vivid green, or again to gray, depending 

 on light, temperature and mental conditions. 



They do not readily find their drinking- 

 water placed in saucers for them, but do 

 best by lapping up drops found on the plants 

 after sprinkling. They feed on flies, meal 

 worms and small insects.- but will not thrive 

 on a sugar and water diet, recommended in 

 stores where they sometimes can be bought. 



It is quite interesting to see one steal cau- 



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