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noise resulting from the calls of the males on these 

 occasions, is deafening. This call cannot he repro- 

 duced on paper, being a rapid succession of harsh, 

 rattling notes, higher in pitch than the call of H. 

 squireUa, and kept up all night. During the dry sea- 

 son this tree toad occasionally calls from the tops of 

 the pine trees, one answering the other. 



Hyla cinerea, Daud., is an aristocratic looking tree 

 toad, with its long, slender figure of the brightest 

 green, edged on each side with a band of pale gold or 

 silvery white. Its size is larger than any of the pre- 

 ceding species, often reaching 2% inches from snout 

 to vent. Occasionally met with on corn fields, its 

 chief haunts, however, seem to be the shores of the 

 creeks, where it occurs in scattered companies on the 

 water hyacinths and bulrushes. Its call sounds like: 

 "Grab, grab, grabit, grabit," etc., uttered in a shrill, 

 loud voice, and has a startling resemblance to the hu- 

 man voice. One would never think the call came 

 from a frog. Although a powerful leaper, it is easily 

 caught when once located, as it is not at all shy. This 

 species seems to have no special breeding season, and 

 is never heard in the early spring, when the majority 

 of the other frogs and toads congregate at the shal- 

 low "bayous." 



Hyla gratioscij Le Conte, the Florida tree toad, is 

 a handsome species, and the largest of the North 

 American tree toads, reaching a length of 3 l /4 inches 

 from snout to vent. It is heavily built, with large 

 adhesive disks on fingers and toes. It differs from 

 all other species in its evenly granulated skin, and 

 regular pattern of roundish spots. The color is ashen 

 gray, purplish or green of some shade. The spots 

 are darker than the ground color, evenly distributed 

 over the upper surfaces, and may be absent when the 

 frog changes to pale golden green. The arms and 

 legs are banded. The throat of the male is rich chrome 

 yellow or green. It is not very plentiful anywhere, 

 and rarely met with outside the breeding season. Dur- 



