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This Crane is usually to be seen in the Zoological Gardens of the continent but it is generally not so long 
lived as most other Cranes. This is perhaps to be attributed to its not getting enough animal food, on which it 
lives principally in a free state. It would be difficult to supply it with locusts, but perhaps raw meat, chopped fine, would 
do as well and would from a most useful and welcome addition to the usual grain on which it has to feed in captivity. 
This bird is often kept tame in its native country and even when allowed full liberty generally remains near the 
place where it has been reared, being very gentle in its disposition. 
Stanley Cranes are regularly imported by Mr. C. Reiche of Alfeld (Hannover) who informs me that the birds 
brought to Europe are generally captured in the moulting season. The birds shed all their flight feathers at once and 
are thus unable to fly, so that they are easily surrounded and driven into an enclosure. 
The trachea of this species is a copy on a larger scale of that of Anthr. virgo. The specimen figured is from a 
bird that lived in the Zoological Garden of Amsterdam. 
Trachea of Anthropoides paradisea. 
