232 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



"Numbers i, 2, 3, 4 and 5 were in one group, within 50 feet of the main 

 'pike' from May's Landing to Hammonton. The ground was covered quite 

 evenly with Blueberry bushes from a foot to 18 inches high. Scattered Pitch 

 Pines up to 12 inches in diameter stood from 10 to 30 feet apart. The ground 

 was at most damp, and the only water nearby was a shallow pool about 30 

 feet away which probably dries up in the summer. Near the bases of the pines 

 stood taller Blueberry bushes, up to three feet in height. No. i was sitting 

 on the main stem of a small Blueberry bush, 18 inches from the ground and 

 six inches from the tip of the bush. A Pine stood i^ feet away. No. 2 was on 

 the leaf of a Blueberry bush, 2^ feet from the ground and i| feet from a Pine 

 trunk. No. 3 was on a little twiglet growing out from the trunk of a pine 

 3I feet from the ground. No. 4 was on the ground at the base of a Pine. 

 No. 5 was one foot from the ground, where the twig of a Blueberry bush lay 

 against the trunk of a Pine. All of the specimens in this group showed a 

 strong preference for the near vicinity of a Pine. 



"Nos. 6, 7 and 8 were in a thicket of small Red Maples and high Blue- 

 berry bushes in a creek 'bottom'. No. 6 was on the main stem of a Blueberry 

 bush about four feet from the ground. No. 7 was similarly located. No. 8 

 was about six feet from the ground in a small Red Maple. 



"Nos. 9 and 10 were in a thick tangle of high Blueberry bushes and 

 Sndlax. Both were near the tops of Blueberry bushes at least nine feet from 

 the ground. For fifty feet around none of the vegetation was any lower, so 

 it seems that these individuals climbed higher than is usual for the species 

 in order to be out in the open. 



"Not all of the individuals were as tame as is generally noted for andersonii. 

 A number of individuals would not continue singing when the observer 

 turned the light on them or approached nearer than fifteen or twenty feet, 

 and so could not be located. A silent andersonii in a thick tangle of Blue- 

 berry bushes could give points on hiding to a very small needle in a very 

 large haystack. No females were taken." 



FIRST APPEARANCE 



The records of earliest spring appearance are the following: "a specimen 

 of Hyla andersonii obtained at Clementon, N. J., May 12, 1901, by Mr. 

 Henry L. Viereck"; (Stone, 1901, p. 342). Several down to Noble and Noble 

 (May 14) have recorded them in May. The reason adduced by Stone for its 

 scarcity also explains why earlier records in spring and later records in fall 

 are not available. Stone held (before Davis proved it abundant) that "though 

 probably of restricted distribution the species would no doubt prove more 

 abundant if specially sought for, the comparative remoteness of the New 

 Jersey barrens, where most of the specimens are found, and the retiring habits 

 of the animal both tending to make its detection difficult". (Stone, 1901, p. 

 342). Of course, this species appears earlier than May 12, 



