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out crater-fashion so tmt the vim of the crater comes just above the top 
of the miter, v/hLle the depression contains an inch or so of water, 
in v^hich we saw a great imss of eggs with very large black centers. Joachim 
took soLB of the eggs to be hatched in the labors. tory, but m did not dis- 
turb any of the others. -evidently some of them had been made in high 
water, for some were ‘way above the surface and the eggs were merely moist* 
nO saw 6 or 7 nests in this little pool barely 50 feet across, and on one 
v/e saw the female sitting, clutching the brim with her long disked toes and 
fingers, so it is true that they really do guard them* iiyla faber is rela- 
tively easy to catch, — eleven 3.ocated euid securedy-one all by Vre 
looked around the smaller pools but didn't find much, and then along another 
path bordered by orange trees wlio^ perfume was subtle as a poet*s fancy, 
Joachim cai:ght 2 toads, oufo crucifer , and later on he bagged a huge female 
Leptodactylus ocellatus. I saw sorne of her big tadpoles in the brook, 
and tried to catch them with riy 3-inch tea strainer, having stupidly left 
my net behind in the auto, but of oDurse didn’t succeed* After about 
an hour's collecting we liad 12 Hyla faber , 5 H^^l a albomarg hiata , 2 Bufo 
crucifer and 1 Leptodactylas ocellatus , as subsequent count showed, and a 
of faber eggs* We now mnt out to the auto and sat in it to listen 
for a real chorus of faber ,y-they liad been almost scared silent by our 
coming, but we got very little music* I cau^^ht one fiiefly, and that ended 
the night^s collecting. V/e got home about 10:30, and the trip was good 
for Bertha, and certainly I shall never forget that beautiful tropical gardsn 
scented by tire rain* 
