Xoti-s on the Ralrachians and Reptiles of Vi,s:o Co., hid. 27 

 SALIENTIA. 



BUFONID/K. 



13. BuKO LENTiGiNosus ami;kicanus, LeConte. — American 



Toad. 



Coininon and exceedinj^ly variable in color, some specimens 

 being wholly black above. 



HVLID.K. 



14. AcKLS c.KVLLU.s CRHPiTANS, Baird. — Cricket Frog. — 



Peeper. 



This is the most abundant tailless batrachian in the county. 

 Hundreds can be seen along any small stream in Spring and 

 Autumn. They appear less common in vSummer, but are 

 active in certain localities even in midwinter, lively specimens 

 having been taken on December 23, January 9, and February 16. 



15. CiiOROPHiLUS TRiSERiATus, Wied — Swamp Tree Frog. 



Rare, a single specimen having been taken from the edge of 

 a pond on June 2. " Marion and Franklin Counties." 



16. Hyl.v pickeringii, Storer. — Pickering's Tree Frog. 



Four specimens of this interesting little frog were taken in 

 1890; two from the margin of a pond, in the woods men- 

 tioned in the introduction, on April 8, where they had evi- 

 dently resorted for the purpose of depositing their eggs, and 

 two on June 5 in the same woods, but a distance from water. 

 The first two were kept in captivity for several weeks, and 

 regularly at about 8 p. m. they began their shrill piping notes, 

 keeping them up for almost an hour, after which they were 

 silent till the next evening. Preceding each note the vocal 

 sac of the throat expanded until it was two-thirds as large as 

 the animal itself, when suddenly the air thus collected was 

 forced out, producing the sound b}' its escape. The only pre- 

 vious Indiana record is Monroe County. 



