124 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
considerable resemblance to the noise produced by woodchoppers 
cutting trees a short distance back in the forest, and it is different 
from the cry of any other amphibian, so that when first heard | 
suspected it was produced by this species. In life the general color 
of the body is muddy-brown above. ‘The lower surface is whit- 
ish, with a very diluted tint of dull yellowish in some examples. 
This was especially noticeable on the lower surface of the head 
and the fore feet. Side of head brownish. A pale brownish line 
from behind each eye back toward hind leg, distinct at first, but 
fading out gradually behind. Edge of upper jaw of same color, 
though with bronzed reflections in some examples. This color 
is then continued back as a line-from below tympanum to groin. 
Along the flank it is a little paler and sometimes a little broader 
than the streak above. It serves to separate similar tinted or 
blackish-brown blotches of the lower surface from the color of the 
back. Back variegated with obscure blackish blotches nearly as 
large as pupil, and the same on the upper surface of the legs. 
Lower surface of legs with blackish-brown variegations, which 
also extend on the belly, and flanks below, though they vary 
greatly. Feet dusky, membranes of hind toes with blackish 
blotches. ‘T’ympanum and iris beautiful bronzed-brown, a narrow 
ring of bronze encircling pupil. Considerable variation as to 
color is observed in the large series of examples before me. ‘This 
is striking in the color-markings of the lower surface and is to 
be found in both sexes. Some examples have the dusting of 
the throat more intense or dark, some nearly white, and in others 
it is variegated with diffuse blotches of blackish-brown like those 
on the breast. The same is true of the markings of the other 
lower regions, though they do not have the dusted appearance. In 
the case of 2 large females the markings on the under surface 
of the hind legs are very pale. Though there is a great variation 
in the extent of the dark coloring of the lower surface, the gen- 
eral character of the markings is always retained. No two indi- 
viduals are alike and the hind legs.sometimes differ from one 
another. Two of Cope’s‘examples are a little smaller than any 
of mine, though both are more or less mottled or blotched on the 
belly. As this seems to be the case with all of my smaller or 
