. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . n to be had, and whetherthoroughly cooked, or not, seemequally satisfactory to the toadspalate. A number of toadsmade regular night visits to thebase of a large beech tree under the bright gasolene flameused to illuminate the yard in front of a neighbors , moths and beetles came flying pell-mell into theflame, singeing their wings and precipitating them helplessly tothe ground. One night I
. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . n to be had, and whetherthoroughly cooked, or not, seemequally satisfactory to the toadspalate. A number of toadsmade regular night visits to thebase of a large beech tree under the bright gasolene flameused to illuminate the yard in front of a neighbors , moths and beetles came flying pell-mell into theflame, singeing their wings and precipitating them helplessly tothe ground. One night I saw one of these toads sitting motionless, withits head rather high, watching intently for the insects whenthey struck the ground. If some distance away from thefallen insect he made several hops and soon snapped up hisprey with a precision of his tongue which was interesting toobserve. The size of its intended victim seemed to offer noobjection toward trying to swallow it. Once a large beetle,such as I have shown in the initial illustration, was thus seizedand was of such a size that it stuck in Bufos throat. Severalattempts were made to swallow it and after going through some. ANIMAL BEHA\IOR, WITH EXAMPLES 257 comical gestures of winking and blinking its eyes and pawingits mouth with its front feet, the object was finally the second night a number of other toads came to partici-
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