Class III. NATTER JACK. 19 



our comprehenfion. Plofs * folution of this phe- 

 nomenon is far from fatisfactory •, yet as we have 

 the great Bacon's f authority for the face, we do 

 not entirely deny our affent to it. 



RanaRubeta? Lin. fyfl. 355. obtufo fubtus punftato. 5- Natter 



Faun. Suec. No. 101. Ibid. J ACK - 



R. corpore verrucofo, ano 



THIS fpecies frequents dry and fandy places: 

 it is found on Putney Common, and alfo 

 near Revejby Abby, LincGlnJIoire, where it is called 

 the Natter Jack. It never leaps, neither does it 

 crawl with the flow pace of a toad, but its motion 

 is liker to running. Several are found commonly- 

 together, and, like others of the genus, they ap- 

 pear in the evenings. 



The upper part of the body is of a dirty yel- 

 low, clouded with brown, and covered with po- 

 rous pimples, of unequal fizes : on the back is a 

 yellow line. 



The upper fide of the body is of a paler hue, 

 marked with black fpots, which are rather rough. 



On the fore feet are four divided toes - 9 on the 

 hind five, a little webbed. 



The length of the body is two inches and a quar- 



* P. 249. 



f Nat. Hiji. Cent. vi. Exp. 570. 



C 2 ter; 



