128 THE HIBERNATION OF FROGS. 



the colder months in a torpid state, emerging at the 

 beginning of spring to spawn. I remember last 

 winter seeing an immense number of frogs dug up 

 while drainage pipes were being laid down in some 

 fields near Croydon, through which passed a small 

 stream. When first exposed to the air they were 

 quite torpid, and apparently insensible, but in a 

 short time recovered their activity. I have had 

 several of them in my reptile vivarium ever since, 

 and they fed freely as soon as they were removed 

 into a warm room.] N. L. AUSTEN. 



