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and L. peronii are generally obtainable without difficulty always 

 in the cool months sheltering under logs and stones ; and I know 

 of no reason whatever for supposing that with us they are at all 

 addicted to burrowing otherwise than exceptionally and as a last 

 resource for sestivating purposes. Mr. Rose tells me as follows : 

 " I have taken some notice lately of L. salminii, and I cannot 

 find that it burrows like Notaden and Chiroleptes; it finds its way 

 under logs and pieces of bark, lying very close but not appearing 

 to have made any attempt at excavation ; the same is true of the 

 green frog (Hyla ccerulea)." 



(n) From Bearbong, Mundooran, on the Castlereagh (collected 

 bv Messrs. W. L. Gipps, and G. Macguire, and forwarded to me 

 by Mr. F. A. A. Skuse). 



Limnodynastes salminii Pseudophryne bibvonii 



tasmaniensis Hyla ccerulea 

 Hyla rubella (one specimen, juv.) 



(o) From Trangie (collected by the Rev. J. Milne Curran, 



F.G.S.). 



Notaden bennettii. 



Eleven living specimens were exhibited at the Society's Meeting 

 in December last. 



(p) From Kiacatoo Station, on the Lachlan 20 miles below 

 Condobolin (collected by Mr. T. G. Sloane). 



Limnodynastes salminii Hyperolia marmorata 



tasmaniensis Crinia signifera 

 Hyla peronii 



(q) From Emu Plains, Urana, about 18 miles from the Murrum- 

 bidgee at Narrandera (collected by Mr. T. G. Sloane). 



Limnodynastes tasinaniensis Crinia signifera 



dorsalis Heleioporus pictus 



Hyperolia marmorata Hyla aurea 



