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deep in the middle. At dusk such a chorus began as I never 
heard before. 
Taking my net, I went across in the moonlight, and found 
the artistes to be the square-marked toad ( Bufo regularis), 
with Bana Nutti and Bana oxyrhynchus for accompanists. The 
former was deep bass, and the sound was like that of a person 
snoring in the roof of their mouth with the latter open. This 
does not give an exact impression, as the sound is continued 
like a saw for a long spell. The frogs may best be represented 
by an attempt to whistle the word ‘ wait ’ whilst drawing 
your breath in. When a number of frogs do this together 
it sounds as if there were a warble or trill, but this impression 
is only produced by numbers. 
I dissected the stomach of one of the toads, and found it 
distended with termites ; there was only one other insect 
present, and that a beetle. The wings and bodies of the termites 
were all compressed into one mass. On April 2 we had a 
terrific thunderstorm and deluges of rain, but the amphibians 
were not in the least nonplussed, but kept going strong, only 
stopping occasionally when a particularly vivid flash of 
lightning lit up the whole countryside. 
March 31, 1915. — At the Museum I have half a dozen live 
three-horned chameleons ( C . Jacksoni), and these are confined 
to branches of eucalyptus which are tied to the cords of the 
electric light lamps. 
Whilst sitting at the table writing, I heard the sound of 
a moth flapping its wings, and glancing round saw a large yellow 
underwing (not English species, twice as large) in one of the 
eucalyptus branches. Seizing a killing bottle, I hurried across 
the room, supposing it to have got caught in some spider’s 
web, but on reaching the spot found one of the chameleons 
had caught it by the right hind wing ; the moth, being large 
and strong, flapped vigorously, but the chameleon bided its 
time, and when the struggles had subsided somewhat took a 
few gulps, and soon had the body of the moth almost entirely 
hidden from view in its mouth. 
Meanwhile the second chameleon on that branch had 
been eyeing its companion with evil in its heart. As soon as 
it perceived that the captor was in difficulties, it hurried across 
