286 Frogs of the Okefinokee Swamp 



last two complements are found is directly under the pine brush on which we 

 caught pair last night." 



On the following day, May 22 "found an area at the end of pond amongst 

 sticks, trash and chips where eight film packets of Hyla femoralis eggs were 

 laid. In the railroad ditches with oil and dirt on the surface the masses stand 

 out as black areas darker than the rest of the surface of the water. In another 

 part of the ditch three films of Hyla femoralis with a Gastrophryne egg film 

 4x7 inches. In another pond clear 20 x 3 feet found floating amongst 

 grassy edges a packet of 100-125 eggs. They are brown and yellowish. One 

 mass 6x3 inches separated from another round mass 2 1/2x2 1/2 inches. 

 More eggs in a mass than in Hyla versicolor. Insects get into fresh masses 

 and get stuck. Some masses amongst roots. Two masses either side of a 

 floating root, one of them 3 x :i, another 3x2 inches. 



On May 27, 1921, in a run found numerous spoiled R. sphenocephala egg 

 masses beneath the surface. Above these eggs on the surface were Hyla 

 femoralis films. The surface temperature is 85-90°. One film floating free on 

 water. One film has 200 eggs, another 150 eggs, another 125 and the rest 

 smaller. Film may be eUiptical, circular and otherwise. Films floating some 

 distance. Have seen them go 10 feet in as many minutes. Some films at- 

 tached to ends of iris leaves. First eggs we recorded were in bands but films 

 are normal. If one touches the surface of a film the part touched adheres to 

 the finger. If loosened the part falls back in a little ball, reveals the yellowish 

 vegetative pole or it will cause the film to take a band shape first recorded for 

 this species. Probably the films were fastened or stuck to grass and rain 

 raised them and gave them the band-like shape as a consequence. One film 

 laid on moss in water's edge." 



On June 5, 192 1, "in one pond south of our old 191 2 camp were no end of 

 Hyla femoralis eggs at the water's surface. The litter had all drifted to the 

 masses. Water surface between masses clear. Jelly just covered with trash. 

 Easy to tell where mass was and where not." 



In 1922, we have a few additional pertinent notes. Of a mass laid by a 

 captive pair July 4 there is the note: "Eggs are in a loose string. Outer 

 envelopes merge into an outer mass Hke Ambystoma masses. Inner envelopes 

 with vitelH show distinct in the jelly mass. Nevertheless this is a film. Hyla 

 squirella does not seem to have this appearance. In another pond were many 

 films which are doubtless Hyla femoralis eggs. There are some quite band- 

 like. Are any of these Hyla squirella eggs?" On July 27, in a pond covered 

 with spoiled eggs was one fresh mass on the surface 2 x 14 inches in length. 

 The mass was wavy. After a very heavy rain August 17 spadefoots filled a 

 pond with its eggs, every grass blade being bent over with them. All over the 

 surface were little packets of fresh Hyla femoralis eggs. 



On the night of June 4-5, 192 1, a female laid its complement without an 

 attendant male. 



Egg description. In 191 2 our data were as follows: "The ovarian eggs are 

 brown on the animal poles and creamy or yellowish white on the vegetative 

 poles. In fact they look very much like those of H. versicolor and H. cinerea. 



