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One was captured in the pool and liberated the 

 following day. It is remarkable how completely it 

 was able to hide in a closely cut green lawn in bright 

 sunlight by crouching at the bases of the grass. When 

 liberated in the woods it disappeared backwards un- 

 der the leaves, and remained with just the nose show- 

 ing at the bottom of its entrance. On June 25, it was 

 found again in this same spot under the fallen leaves 

 in a shallow burrow in the ground, its nose showing. 

 When disturbed it turned sideways, thus withdrawing 

 completely and filling the mouth of the depression 

 with sandy soil. July 3, on scraping away the dead 

 leaves, there was no sign of the toad, but a spot of 

 loose soil detected was investigated disclosing it at a 

 depth of about \ l A inches. This was the last seen 

 of that particular individual, as on July 9, there re- 

 mained only a neat steeply-slanting burrow, about 3 

 inches deep, empty. 



A steady rain commencing the night before, con- 

 tinued through July 23, on which afternoon Spade- 

 foot Toads were singing in a pool in pasture land 

 near stands of trees. During a temporary silence 

 cattle came close to the pool, only to gallop away in 

 alarm when the noise recommenced. Investigation 

 disclosed singing Spade-foots also in the woodland 

 pool occupied several weeks earlier, and a greater 

 number in woods now flooded just across the road. 



Points of interest in these data are concealing 

 coloration in the woods, skill at hiding, recurrence in 

 the same pool with favorable conditions after 36 davs 

 (see Overton, Copeia, Nos. 20 and 24), and an indi- 

 vidual's remaining 15 days in one spot just under the 

 fallen woodland leaves. T r r vr t 



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