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Ormesby, near Yarmouth ; and one or two stations 

 in the neighbourhood of Lynn and Norwich, and in 

 Suffolk, near Southwold. In Scotland it is recorded, 

 on the authority of Sir William Jardine, as occur- 

 ring "in a marsh on the coasts of the Solway Firth, 

 almost brackish, and within a hundred yards of 

 spring-tide high-water mark. It lies between the 

 village of Carse and Sot hern ess Point, where I have 

 found them," he adds, " for six or seven miles along 

 the coast. They are very abundant." In Ireland, 

 Dr. Carrington verifies that they are to be found at 

 Eoss Bay, and a correspondent of the Field, at 

 Eoscrea, writes*: — 



Mr. Tate sent me from England three dozen natteijacks. 

 I sent two to the Zoological Gardens, Dublin, and gave the 

 others their liberty about the place. "We occasionally meet 

 with some of them, and they walk about rapidly, and can climb 

 anything in their way, in a most extraordinary manner, remind- 

 ing one of the movements of a lizard. I kept four of the 

 " natterjacks " for a few days. They lived upon worms and 

 slugs, and whenever I uncovered them, they immediately 

 concealed themselves amongst the damp moss given them for a 

 bed, and feigned death. 



In form this species is very similar to the toad, 

 but may be easily distinguished by its difference 

 in colour. It is of an olive tint, darker on the 

 flanks, and with a definite pale yellowish stripe, 

 or line, running down the back. The under parts 



* The Field, June 24th, 1865. 



