282 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



31 mm. (17 specimens) while the second for females is 33 (8 specimens). The 

 males then taper from 3 1 mm., down to 37 mm. while the females have another 

 mode at 36 of 10 specimens. The males thus seem to be 2 mm. more or less 

 smaller at each mode and at the largest size than the female. The largest 

 male is 37 while we have two females 40 mm. The bulk of the breedirg males 

 and females came from 27 mm. onwards or at the beginning of the second year. 

 The few breeding males and females at 24, 25 and 26 mm. are doubtless also 

 at the beginning of the second year rather than at the end of the first year. 



Duration, night or day. On the night of May 18, 192 1, at 9:30 p. m. at 

 Long Pond "There was a perfect din in cypress bays and at the north edge 

 of this pond from Hyla femoralis. Some were in bushes, other on bay trunks, 

 and others were hopping in moss edges or grassy edges of the pond or amongst 

 the lizard's-tail (Saururus). Could find no mated pairs. On the moss edge, 

 not in pond proper found Hyla cinerea pair." On the following day. May 19 

 "the boys at different times brought in females of Hyla femoralis found on 

 the ground in different parts of the island. They must be bound for the ponds. 

 We found one in the hammock on the ground near Long Pond (see above 

 May 18)." 



On May 21, 192 1 after 8:00 p. m. we found a congress of Hyla femoralis 

 and these are our rough notes: "We found a Hyla femoralis on a log croaking; 

 one or several on the grass; many in trees and bushes 2-4 or 6 feet above 

 ground or water. One male is croaking and crawling up the tree right after 

 another male which is not croaking. The males after a time might dislike the 

 flashhght and walk up the tree for a foot more or less. We found some 

 croaking in amongst some pine bush in the water. Harrison Lee espied a 

 pair mated on a branch of the pine brush. The pair i-i 1/2 feet above water. 

 We flashed them twice. They did not move. Broke when I captured them. 

 Put them together in a jar. Soon they were mated again. Brought them to 

 camp at 1 1 130 p. m. At 1 2 :oo midnight put in a porcelain pan for photography. 

 In the morning at 6:00 they had laid and broken." The following night little 

 happened. "One male was calling from bush beside Newt Pond. On the 

 pond no end of Hyla femoroUs eggs. The males crawl up under grass edges or 

 logs or any cover. Are they more or less subterranean?" 



Another congress of June 4, 192 1, reveals other points of interest: "No 

 end of Hyla femoralis. Where do they come from? On one palmetto within 

 2 or 3 feet of each other were 5 male Hyla femoralis calling. Later Marion 

 Lee found a Hyla femoralis pair on saw palmetto leaf i 1/2 feet above ground. 

 Took another pair on the moss at the edge of pond. Everywhere in the road 

 home were Hyla femoralis migrating. In little transient pools no end of Hyla 

 femoralis. Took another pair Hyla femoralis moving along in the path. 

 Tonight frogs are laying in all sorts of transient places. 



In 1922 we made these two pertinent series of journal observations. On 

 "July 3, 8:00 p. m.-i :oo a. m. July 4 in a pond 1/2 mile west of Trader's Hill, 

 Ga., there was a great din of these frogs in a shallow grassy pond. No end of 

 Bufo quercicus, a few Hyla squirella, 4 Hyla gratiosa calling, a few toads, 

 plenty of Acris. Never heard such a composite racket, and our ears rang for 



