CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 651 



oped ; toes one-third webbed ; very variable in color, green, gray 

 or brown, with irregular dark spots. 



" Very abundant throughout the State, although not easily 

 discovered, as the animal is so generally the precise color of the 

 tree it rests upon." 



Var. viridis (of H. versicolor, above). Green Tree-toad. 



" Quite abundant in the central and southern counties. Gen- 

 erally found in swampy lands." 



H. pickeringii, Holbr. Pickering's Tree-toad. 



Yellowish brown, with dusky rhomboid spots and lines, some- 

 times arranged in the form of a cross. 



" Very common. It is one of the most numerous species of this 

 family found in the State. The ' song ' is more melodious than 

 the generality of sounds made by tree-toads. Frequents swampy 

 grounds. The food of all these species consists of insects." 



H. andersonii, Bd. Anderson's Tree-toad. Green and Yellow Tree- 

 toad. 



Color pea green, with irregular yellow spots on sides ; a pur- 

 plish band on sides of head. Rare. 



"A southern species, a single specimen of which was found 

 (by Dr. J. Leidy) in Camden county, in 1863." Rev. Dr. John 

 E. Peters, of Pleasantville, N. J., reports finding a specimen 

 June 1st, 1888, at May's Landing, N. J., in a wet place on the 

 border of a pine barren. Its voice consists of a repetition of a 

 short note (or " peep ") three or four times (see Am. Nat., Jan., 

 1889). Abbott describes its note in captivity as a "keck," 

 nearly like that of the Virginia rail (Am. Nat., Feb., 1890). 



AORIS, Bum. & Bibr. 



A. gryllus, var. crepitans, Bd. Cricket Frog. Savannah Cricket. 



Disks small ; webs only on hind feet ; tympanum indistinct ; 

 brownish above; middle of back and head green, with dark 

 triangle between eyes ; sides with three oblique blotches ; white 

 line from eye to ear. 



" Not an abundant species, and more usually met with in the 

 southern third of the State." 



