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comical gestures of winking and blinking its eyes and pawing 

 its mouth with its front feet, the object was finally swallowed. 

 After the second night a number of other toads came to partici- 



Foider's Toad (Bufo fouicri). It is distingid.-ihcd from 



the American toad bi/ its silver 1/ white iris 



and less conspicuous warts. 



pate in the feast, so that for some time after, the night socials 

 of these banciueters became a familiar feature of the place. 



On July twelfth, after a rainstorm, I nearly stepped on a 

 toad which made a sudden jump on the ground in the grass. 

 Almost immediately afterwards a second one was seen. 

 After some study I found Ihat these individuals belonged 

 to the species known as Fowler's toad. They were bright 

 and vari-eolored, the markings showing up well after their 

 refreshing bath in the rain. The beautiful black dorsal spots 



