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Hl'll'TILhlS AM) AMI'HIHIASS 



tlic creeks of western IViuisylvania. The j^roup pictures them at 



Great 

 Salamander 



l)ree(hn«i time, iind shows their characteristic stages ami 

 hal)its: thus one of the salamanders is pictured moltinji;, 

 another, a nude, is brooding a great mass of eggs: and the 

 liroup exphiins nian\- details of their manner of living. 



This, tlie la<t and most })eautiful of the series, depicts the sj)ring life 



Toad 

 Group 



of a little 

 p o n d i n 

 southern New 

 Kngland. In the 

 water may he seen 

 the egg masses and 

 tadpoles of various 

 toads and frogs, 

 while in and about 

 the j)ool are the 

 young and full 

 grown in character- 

 istic i){)ses. includ- 

 ing some with air 

 sacs distended in 

 the act of '"singing." 

 Among these are 

 the toad, the .spring 

 peeper, and the 

 famihar tree toad. 

 A bough of apple 

 blossoms overhangs 

 the water while all 

 around the .spring 

 fl o w e r s are in 

 l)loom. 



Lower lustrik- 



California i n g con- 

 trast to 

 water loving 



Lizards 



these 



animals 



a grou}) 



A BIT OF THE TOAD GROUP 



of reptiles from one 

 of the islands off 

 the coast of Lower 

 California that go 

 without water 

 entirelv. 



