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rockier. Along boulders as the water's edge, we soon began to find specimens of [[underline]] Hyla arenicolor [[/underline]]. They were solitary, & were perched on the sides of the boulders, an inch or two from the swift water, into which they would leap when disturbed. They were much the color of the granite & hard to see. Most were fairly large and some very large.  One was a very large femal, with which one of the males attempted to mate in the collecting can. [[insert]] Two [[/insert]]   Eggs, attached solitarily to a dead [[insert]] piece of [[/insert]] Tule reed in a little quiet mud bottomed [[image of two eggs attached to sides of reeds]] side-pool in which there was no current were seen. Many tadpoles of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] approximately [[image: top view of two tadpoles in margin]] size shown, were in the same pool. Not having expected to find such things I had nothing to take eqqs or tadpoles in.
Along the sides + bottom of the canyon [[underline]] Uta stansburiana [[/underline]] was rather common running about the bases of the big rocks. A number were shot. The 9 mm. gun was too strong + I had to shoot besidee the mark in order not to ruin the specimens. Several [[underline]] Uta microscutata [[/underline]] were shot. I shot one and 

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Kranzthor obtained 2 alive. Mine was badly mangled + was not saved. Kranzthor's 2 live ones were give to Klauber, after the largest was photographed, to be sent to Alt. Wright or Cornell to be photographed. In exchange [[strikethrough]] he [[/strikethrough]] Klauber gave us 3 dead ones he had taken during the morning. This is a new northern record, this Mexican species being known only from [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] just across the American border.
Klauber, knowing desert collecting better, got more than we did. He gave us a [[underline]] Sauromalus [[/underline]], a [[underline]] Crotophytus [[/underline]], (Here, while writing these notes by the carbide lamp at night I was interrupted by a little mouse, [[insert]] Dipodomys, + when tossing a stone at him, I noticed a toad hopping about by my side.  He is a rare [[underline]] Bufo punctatus [[/underline]], not common in California + and then only in desert oases like this one. It is more plentiful in New Mexico + Texas + doubtless we shall see him again.) [[strikethrough]] baylyli [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] baileyi [[/underline]] I think, a [[underline]] Uta mearusi [[underline]], some U. stansburiana, a [[underline]] Xantusia henshawi [[/underline]], etc. Kranzthor also got a big [[underline]] Cnemidophorus [[/underline]]. The palms are very inspiring - they are queer and somehow seem a relic of the past. I got several fine photos. Our campsite is some distance