y stretched, and ren- seeks a mate, when, most commonly at twilight, the buzz- dered it gradually forth throughout the summer season. ete whistling cry of the male may often be heard. The female These growths of wood, when firewood was at so high a Ruins of New Mexico. deposits her spawn in the… … THE AMERICAN TOAD. rectangular plan was the last examining its contents. By one down the cafion, the this means insects, not sup- been found within a toad taken in that same locality. The prevalent supposition that, by handling a toad, excrescenses will be produced upon the hands is entirely…
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