E.L. Kardellin 1954 April 8 Buffer Grove (3) Pine Forest Camp 14 Pine oak Stone- mun Bridge Merced River Road Footpath snow Stonemen meadow locality to rough scale Hydra egg clusters and small tods found in pools but none in faster moving colder rivulets. no sign of toad eggs or adults this afternoon. Same locality 9:30 P.M. I checked ponds B and C first. Hydra chooses lowd. At pond A I found two adult >> Bufa within a yard of each other, Clearol temp. 8°, Water temp. 9° C. and air 2.5° C. Six miles below the surface the soil temperature was 80 C. the water temp. in pond B earlier had been 10° C. I could not determine whether the male toads were calling since many Hydra in the pond were crooking. When picked up the toads gave a shut breathing note. At 9:45 P.M. I found a single adult male about 8 feet NE of the pond. It was moving slowly over the grass toward the pool of water. Clearol temp. registered 5° C. Later two more adults were seen in another part of the pool, these in 2-3