England.
Niton, Isle of Wight.
1909
Aug. 25 [August 25, 1909]
(No 2)
  The daughter of our landlady, Mrs. Green showed us a
Toad this evening in its burrow in the lawn. I could not
see it well for it was at the bottom of the hole which went
straight down & was nearly six inches in depth. She says it
comes out only at night (it was then nearly dark) and that another
lives in another hole in the garden. She assures us that a 
few Grasshoppers may be found here in almost any field of
uncut grass. I have seen some but I heard what I took to
be one in a small apple tree in the garden about ten o'clock
tonight. It made a shrill, rasping sound - a single note, given
very rapidly and kept up without cessation while I remained
near the spot & doubtless through the night. This sound was
not unlike that produced by one of our nocturnal New England
Grasshoppers, belonging to the genus Concephalus if I remember rightly.
It ceased for a few minutes when I was standing directly under
it and was at once resumed when I moved away.
After hearing it I worked in the darkness through some of
the lanes in our neighborhood but no other insect sounds
greeted my ears there.
Natter Jack
Toad
Grasshoppers
  There was a very small Bat flying over the lawn
in the evening twilight.
Bat
  The Toad shown us this evening was only the second one
I have seen in England this summer. The first was in the 
park at Oxford and was very active & shy, hopping nimbly
along the gravel walk in the evening twilight & entering some
bordering shrubbery before I could get near it.
Toads
  There are at least two species of Bumble Bees common 
here which are colored unlike any of our New
England ones. One is small & has the entire abdomen
deep brownish orange. The other is larger with the
abdomen broadly tipped with pure white
Bumble Bees