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 
Mantchurian 
Brown American 
Demoiselle 
Grus cinerea. 
G. Montiguesia. 
G. Canadensis. 
Antliro'poides mrgo. 
EMU {drom^tus). 
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 PUNCTATUS). 
During the last twenty years living specimens have 
been under my care. Many of these have been distributed 
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