96 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Feet all brownish, tips of toes of hind limbs a trifle darker brown- 
ish. Upper surfaces of all limbs gray-brownish, a trifle darker 
than lower surfaces. Upper covering of eye deep brownish above. 
Iris beautiful grayish, a dark grayish to dusky horizontal 
streak across, and pupil pale. Length from tip of snout to tip of 
fourth toe 53g inches. Cape May. June 28th, 1907. O. H. 
Brown. 
The above described is the only New Jersey example I have 
examined. It was found in a big pile of soil in Cape May City 
by a colored laborer, about 3 feet under the earth, and changed 
color considerably after being in captivity a short time. I am 
indebted to both Mr. Brown and Mr. H. Walker Hand for this 
interesting specimen. 
This may be distinguished chiefly by the spur on each heel. 
In life it is olive-brown with a yellowish band on each side. 
Spade Fgot Toad. Scaphiopus holbrooki (Harlan). 
They are noted for their irregular and erratic appearance dur- 
ing warm weather, their burrowing in the ground tending to their 
escaping observation. About Trenton, according to Dr. Abbott, 
it may appear at any time between May and September, and 
erratically in abundance. They make a great noise, and as the 
ege-laying varies in time, their notes may also be expected 
to be heard at different times. During copulation, both animals 
roar so that they may be heard at the distance of half a mile. 
This roar is not like that of the common toad, Bufo, and 
their vocal apparatus is not especially different during the oper- 
ation. ‘They will also roar at other times, as when disturbed 
or during heavy rains. In size, the largest example equalled 
those of the largest of our common toad. Mr. R. C. Abbott 
