THE FOOD OF THE LOGGERHEAD 

 TURTLE (Caretta caretta). 



A large loggerhead turtle was sent to the 

 Philadelphia Aquarium in October last, where it 

 shortly died. It was secured off the New Jersey 

 coast. Upon an examination of the contents of its 

 alimentary canal, the intestinal tract was found 

 completely tilled with the remains of hermit crabs 

 (Paguruft pollicaris) and borers (JVatica duplicata). 

 No other food appeared to have been taken. Dr. 

 Henry A. Pilsbry, who also examined the specimen 

 and identified the shells, secured three species of 

 barnacles from its carapace, plastron, and inside 

 its mouth. One of these barnacles he may likely 

 describe as new. pj ^Y pQWLEE 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



BELATED SINGING OF TOADS. 



Numbers of Common Toads have been observed 

 every year in the water of Patchogue Lake singing 

 as late as the middle of August. These toads 

 behave exactly as toads do in the breeding season, 

 but no females have been seen among them. 



FRANK OVERTON, 



Patchogue, N. Y. 



BOX TURTLE ACTIVE IN DECEMBER. 



In connection with Mr. Miller's December 

 record for Pickering's Hyla (" Copeia," No. 1), a 

 Box Turtle observed by the writer out and active 

 below the Palisades at Englewood, N. J., December 

 21, 1913, is of interest. j # t. NICHOLS, 



Englewood, N. J. 



