a rapid scries of trills. Each female lays about looo eggs sometime 

 during the spring or summer. The brown and cream or yellow 

 eggs are laid in scattered masses of four to forty. Hatching takes 

 place in tour or fi\e da\s. The tadpoles transform sometime dur- 

 ing the summer, when 13 to 20 mm. long. 



I'ooil. It eats many sorts of insects and their larvae. In cap- 

 tivity flies and beetle larvae are readily accepted. 



Tree toads collected in the spring when first heard singing may 

 mate and lay their eggs in an aquarium containing a few mossy 

 branches and a pan of water. At least, they will sing and eat for 

 you. 



If kept for some time a tree toad should be given the run of a 

 large aquarium or conservatory. In a conservatory it will repay its 

 host by eating cave crickets, earthworms, and other pests of potted 

 plants. A bowl of mealworms should be provided at all times to 

 satisfy a not inconsiderable appetite. 



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