120 OHIO STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
Hyla versicolor Le Conte. Skin granular above, colored ash-gray to 
brown. Superciliary lines of brown, converging on back. In middle of 
back an H-shaped brown blotch. Yellow below. Ear large. Fingers one- 
third webbed ; discs large. Length 2 inches. 
This is the common Tree-toad with its reputed prognosticat- 
ing powers with respect to the weather. That the toad foretells 
a period of rain by its chirping is a myth of the first magnitude. 
If there be any foundation of truth in the matter, the Tree-toad 
chirps only toward evening or when clouds obscure the sun, the 
latter being a condition concomitant with rain. A clear evening 
following a rain is par excellence the Tree-toad’s hour of song. 
The toad has, to a limited extent, the power of changing the 
the color of its skin similar to the Chameleon, but it is a matter 
of chance that it assumes the color of the substratum. Common 
everywhere. 
Specimens in Oberlin College Museum, collected by Lynds Jones from 
Lorain Co. In O. S. U. Mus., collected by E. V. Wilcox at Westerville and 
Columbus; by the author at Vinton, Chillicothe, Youngstown and Lick- 
ing Co. 
Tribe: FIRMISTERNIA. 
Including the remaining BATRACHIA, the Frogs. 
family: RANIDAE. 
Rana virescens virescens Kalm. Green above, with irregular black 
or brownish blotches with white edges arranged in two irregular rows, the 
blotches alternating. Two spots between eyes. Frontof thigh with a long- 
itudinal band of brown. Head short. Length 3 inches. 
The common frog of river, stream and swamp. Often found 
in thick grass far from water, perhaps migrating. Abundant 
everywhere. 
Specimens in Oberlin College Museum, collected. by Lynds Jones in 
Lorain Co. In O.S. U. Museum, by E. V. Wilcox at Gypsum and Sugar 
Grove ; by the author at Vinton and Youngstown. 
*Rana virescens brachycephala Cope. Form with shorter head (3% 
times in length of body). Spots on upper part of body larger. Transversely- 
running markings on crux not interrupted. No longitudinal band on anter- 
ior border of thigh. 
Given by Cope (’89, p. 403) as ranging from Massachusetts 
to the Sierras. No record for Ohio. 
