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that during- all his forty 3^ ears of collecting- in the island he had never 

 come across it himself, and the six specimens which in that time he 

 had obtained were brought to him l)y the peasants as curiosities. 

 Neither Mr. Baker nor any of the Fish Commission parties saw it, and 

 for a long while all the incpiiries of Dr. Richmond and myself were 

 unavailing. The natives knew the name "Sapo concho," but when 

 told to bring specimens they invarial)ly handed in some Eleidherodac- 

 tylm or Lej^todartijlas. A rumor had it that a certain druggist in 

 Arecibo many years ago had had a specimen on exhibition in his store, 

 and consequently wi> at last repaired to that city as a last resort. The 

 druggist was found and corroborated the rumor, but the specimen 

 had long since disappeared. We made diligent inquiries in the neig-h- 

 l)orhood through our young friend Mr, Enricpie L. Brascoechea, tmd 

 finally, as we had almost given up hope, he found an old beggar 

 who rememl)ered a place where as a boy he had seen the sapos. He 

 was promised a sul)stantial reward, and on the last e\'ening of our sta}^ 

 in Arecibo brought in five fine specimens captured al)Out 3 miles south 

 of the town. He said he had found them in holes under the roots of 

 palm trees at the l)order of a fresh-water pond, where they keep in 

 hiding during the day. 



Bvfo Jeinur is the only toad found in Porto Rico, and is not known 

 from any other island. In Vieques we were informed that the '\Sapo 

 concho" occurs, but we failed to obtain specimens, although we made 

 special efl'orts and ofi'ered a high rew^ard for specimens." 



iisi of specimen^! of Bvfo lemttr. 



"Bufo marmus (Linnpeiis), which occurs in many West Indian islands, probably 

 introduced, is only mentioned here, because Reinhardt and Luetken write (Vid. 

 Meddel. Naturhist. Foren., 1S62, p. 202; author's reprint, p. 50, footnote) that it is 

 occasionally brought to St. Thomas with lumber from " Vietiuesand Hayti." There is 

 no reason to believe, however, that the reported origin of these imported toads is 

 correctly given by their informant in so far as Vieques is concerned. Bifo marimis 

 is a very large species with enormous triangular parotoid glands, wliich are nearly 

 smooth. 



