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in 25 fathoms. These ranged in length from 20 to 

 29 nun. So far as known, this species has not been 

 reported from so far south. A single example was 

 also found in a scallop taken in 37 fathoms, 16 miles 

 S. from Nantucket Lightship. 



W. W. Welsh, 

 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



FURTHER NOTES ON THE SALIENTIA 

 OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 



Hyla pickeringii Storer, the "Spring peeper," is 

 rather rare here, only two small "bayous" containing 

 very few specimens having been found by the writer. 

 These places were about six miles apart. I have 

 heard this species sing only in December. 



Hyla squirella Rose, the commonest of the south- 

 ern tree-toads, is found everywhere, in cornfields, 

 sugar cane, about wells and under the eaves of stable 

 roofs, barns, outhouses, etc. After a heavy thunder 

 shower in September, 1911, hundreds of these little 

 tree toads could be seen hopping along the country 

 roads outside of Jacksonville. That same night the 

 writer took 32 specimens from a velvet bean vine on 

 the blank side of his cottage. The cry is rather 

 coarse, sounding like: "Cra, era, era," etc., with a 

 second's interval between each note. This species is 

 noted for its rapid color changes. 



Hyla femoralis Latreille is called the Pine tree 

 toad, from its habit of frequenting the tops of pine 

 trees almost exclusively, during the summer months. 

 It resembles our own gray tree toad, with its rough 

 skin and star-shaped dark patch on the back, but is 

 smaller and more slender. Its usual color is dark 

 reddish-brown or chestnut, but it can readily change 

 from fleshy pink or pale gray to any shade of brown, 

 gray or green. It is one of the shyest of tree toads, 

 rarely caught except during the breeding season, 

 when it frequents certain "bayous" in thousands. The 



