38 Records of the Indian Museum. |VouL. XI, 1915.] 
food of the bigger toads like B. melanostictus. Walking is the nor- 
mal mode of progression and it can also run, especially if quarry 
is sighted at a distance. When the animal walks, the body is 
lifted from the ground, but is still underhung from the limbs, 
and the movement has all the awkwardness of a Calotes, which 
arises from the inequalities of the limbs. In trying to take a 
wider range of view of the surroundings, the body is supported on 
the four legs and the animal may move in that condition some- 
what mammal-wise. In running the head is kept low. When left 
on the table it gently crawls round the edge (body almost 
touching the surface) measuring the height, and prefers to remain 
quiet in the centre to performing the heroic feat of jumping off. 
Even if pressed under the arm pit, it does not utter the plaintive 
metallic cry characteristic of the common toad. When held, it 
does not struggle to escape, but will remain quiet and even pick 
up white ants from off one’s hand. If thrown in water, especially 
if it is deep, it darts here and there and then is easily drowned if 
not rescued in time. 
