Wall-Lizards QUE 
They make excellent pets. They 
will sprmg into your hand for food 
almost from the first, and are not 
dainty, either. They thrive on 
earth-worms, meal-worms, and such- 
like delicacies; they have plenty of 
intelligence: they do not require to 
see their food move—a point a 
snake insists on—but will eat scraps 
of raw meat out of a saucer. Nor 
are they wholly carnivorous. They 
relish a strawberry and enjoy peck- 
ing at a slice of banana, though 
they like fruit to be luscious, not 
hard. But put half-a-dozen lively 
flies into their cage—the excitement 
is tremendous. The lizards rush 
over the ground; they make wild 
leaps from the branches of the 
plants; and, if the roof is of per- 
forated zinc, they will spring on to it- and run to and fro upside down. The pursuit 
is soon over, and they return to bask in the sun, flattening themselves out upon the 
hottest rocks they can find, and skirmishing quaintly for the places where the slope is 
best suited for catching the sun’s rays. 
Wall-lizards are imported in large numbers, and may usually be bought in London 
for about fourpence each. ‘They do well, as I have said, in captivity, and may even 
be induced to breed. Though they cannot stand the English winter out of doors, they 
require no extra heat in a room. But to see them as they should be seen, it is 
necessary to go to southern Germany or the countries on the Mediterranean seaboard. 
A NATIVE OF ROME. 
A FOREWORD. 
THE Editor would lke to draw attention to the fact that with the next number 
of this magazine (ready on June 12th), the first volume of Anima Lire will be 
complete. A full index is being prepared for this, and will be given away either 
with No. 12 or No. 13. Cases will also be obtainable which will be uniform with 
“The Living Animals of the World.” Full particulars will be given in our next 
issue. The Editor has made arrangements whereby he hopes to announce in the first 
number of the new volume an important Prize Competition, with many valuable prizes, 
open to all readers of ANIMAL LIFE. 
