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Two white Indian storks were presented in 1901, one of 

 which had its beak so bent by some accident that it could 

 not feed itself, and had to be fed by hand. A temporarily 

 employed keeper unaware of this did not do so and the bird 

 eventually died. The other is still living. 



EATITiE. 



Dromaeus Nova-Hollandia. 



The Emu. These birds were kept from 1875 onwards. 

 One pair in the Gardens bred in 1892 and the female laid one 

 egg, unfortunately broken by accident by the male. Not long 

 afterwards the male accidentally got his neck caught in the 

 woodwork of his cage and though released quickly died in a 

 few minutes perhaps from shock. The female was sold some 

 years later. 



Casuarius uniappendiculatus. 



A female of this rare Ceram Cassowary was presented in 

 1891, and died in 1905 apparently of old age. It lived on 

 bread, • sweet-potatoe and the cobs of maize after the squirrels 

 had eaten the grains off them. 



C. sp. 



Five young birds from New Guinea were purchased some 

 years ago, and kept in an enclosure, but had to be separated 

 as they fought. They were eventually sold. 



EEPTILES. 



Trionyx cartilagineus . 



The water turtle, caught in the lake lived many years. It 

 is not only carnivarous, living on fish and frogs, but eats also 

 paddy and boiled rice made up into balls. They evidently 

 breed in the lake," as they became abundant at one time and 

 killed the flamingos by biting their legs. They were caught 

 by a large wire trap with a falling door baited with dead birds. 



Testudo emys. 



The large Malay land tortoise. One was caught by myself 

 in Johor, another in the Dindings and a third was presented 



R A. Soc, No. 46, 1906. 



