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is very rapid, not more than two or three weeks elapsing before the 
young toads leave the water. The peculiar, harsh croaking of this 
singular toad must be heard to be rhe and can then never be 
confounded with that of any other species. The only sound we can 
liken it to is that of a heavily loaded, PARTE wagon rolling over hard 
and ah ae ground. 
t the last of the month we have found singular bands of eg: 
ciel inches in length, each band consisting of three irregular tows 
of eggs, which we have taken to be those of the large Tree Toad 
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heard throughout the summer, but we have never en able to con- 
firm the supposition. The eggs collected did not solve the question, 
as all the tadpoles’ which were hatched from them in the course of five 
The other species of Frogs found in Massilie do not lay their 
eggs | before May or June, though they all appear from the first to the 
Species of Spotted Frog, Marsh Frog, or Field Frog (Rana halecina 
); the Green Frog (Rana clamitans Daudin); ; and the Bull Frog 
(Rana Catesbyana Shaw). 
The several species of Salamanders (improperly called “ Lizards”) 
are also to be found either in water, or under stones and logs, in wet, 
or damp and shady localities, each according to its peculiar habits, 
but they do not lay their ir eggs until later in the season. The Turtles 
and Snakes also creep from their winter retreats, and are to be seen on 
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period of the year. Th g: 
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Oth to 20th.—During this time appear the Hermit Thrush (Turdus 
Jais Cab.), White-bellied Swallow, and the Golden-winged Wood- 
pecker or Wakeup. Chipping, Field and Savanna Sparrows arrive; 
also, the Willet; the Tell-tales; Least, Semipalmated, Solitary and 
