WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



good-sized paddock, and plenty of dry rushes with which 

 to make a nest, and they should also have a little pro- 

 tection in the winter. A shed at night during hard frost 

 is desirable for most of the tropical species. Some are 

 sufficiently hardy to be kept out at all seasons, as has 

 been the case with the following : — 



Common Crane Grus cinerea. 



Mantchurian G. Montiguesia. 



Brown American G. Canadensis. 



Demoiselle Anthropoides virgo. 



EMU {DROMuEUS). 



Feed upon vegetables such as cabbage, lettuce, grass, 

 etc. Boiled potatoes, bread, biscuits, a little raw meal, 

 young rats, mice, boiled Indian corn ; in fact, they are not 

 very particular as to food, and they breed freely if properly 

 treated. They require a good-sized place for a run. A 

 shallow pond is good for them in which to roll and wash ; 

 an open shed as shelter in wet and bad or frosty weather. 

 They require a lot of litter, dead leaves, and rubbish of 

 this kind for a nest. The male bird does all the nest- 

 making and sitting on the eggs, which require seven 

 weeks to hatch. The male only attends to the young 

 ones. They should be fed on chopped green food, bread, 

 hard-boiled eggs chopped up with the bread. In feeding 

 the emus a bunch of greens or cabbage hung high enough 

 for the birds to pick at is better than any other plan of 

 feeding them, as they help themselves and do not trample 

 the food under their feet. 



TUATERA LIZARD (SPHENODON PUNCTATU&). 



During the last twenty years living specimens have 

 been under my care. Many of these have been distributed 



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