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comical gestures of winking and blinking its eyes and pawing 

 its mouth with its front feet, the object was finally swallowed. 

 After the second night a number of other toads came to partici- 



Fowlers Toad {Bufo fouieri). It is distinguished from 



the American toad by its silvery white iris 



and less conspiciwns warts. 



pate in the feast, so that for some time after, the night socials 

 of these banqueters became a familiar feature of the place. 



On July twelfth, after a rainstorm, I nearly stepped on a 

 toad which made a sudden jump on the ground in the grass. 

 Almost immediately afterwards a second one was seen. 

 After some study I found that these individuals belonged 

 to the species known as Fowler's toad. They were bright 

 and vari-colored, the markings showing up well after their 

 refreshing bath in the rain. The beautiful black dorsal spots 



