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  AMPHIBIA. 
  

  

  towards 
  the 
  parks. 
  On 
  this 
  road, 
  which 
  is 
  bare 
  of 
  grass 
  or 
  mosses, 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  young 
  Toads 
  were 
  constantly 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  for 
  four 
  or 
  

   five 
  days. 
  They 
  were 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  horse-beans, 
  and 
  black, 
  

   and 
  all 
  going 
  one 
  way 
  towards 
  the 
  large 
  wood 
  of 
  Scottish 
  firs. 
  On 
  

   every 
  square 
  foot, 
  as 
  correctly 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  judge, 
  there 
  were 
  not 
  

   under 
  six 
  of 
  these 
  young 
  reptiles, 
  often 
  far 
  more, 
  and 
  this 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  for 
  many 
  days.' 
  

  

  Family 
  RANIDiE. 
  

   Rana 
  temporaria, 
  L. 
  Common 
  Frog. 
  1 
  

  

  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Heath 
  Frog(?). 
  

  

  The 
  Common 
  Frog. 
  Generally 
  distributed, 
  and 
  common. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  note 
  by 
  Murdoch 
  Matheson 
  he 
  mentions 
  that 
  on 
  February 
  

   6th, 
  1888, 
  Frogs 
  came 
  forth, 
  the 
  day 
  being 
  very 
  mild, 
  but 
  it 
  came 
  

   on 
  to 
  frost, 
  and 
  they 
  died 
  in 
  hundreds. 
  They 
  spawn 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  or 
  end 
  of 
  March, 
  and 
  judging 
  from 
  the 
  whitish, 
  dead 
  look 
  

   of 
  the 
  ova 
  after 
  a 
  frost, 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  wasted. 
  

  

  