COPE! A 5 



ino" the latter time it comes down out of the trees, 

 and small companies of from four to ten specimens, 

 in widely scattered pools or "bayous," attend to their 

 breeding duties amid the loud calls of the males. The 

 call can be heard for over a mile, and sounds like a 

 large gong, or church bell, being of unusual depth, 

 and very clear, with a second's interval between each 

 dual note. The male, while singing, floats in the wa- 

 ter, the large vocal sac throwing the frog into a ver- 

 tical position with every utterance. The eggs are laid 

 singly and sink to the bottom of the pool. I have 

 never heard this species call except during the breed- 

 ing season, which lasts from March to June, begin- 

 ning with the first warm rains. 



KlCHARB F. DeCKEKT, 



New York, X. Y. 



LIST OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES 



OBSERVED IX THE SUMMERS OF 



1912, 1913 AND 1914, IN NELSON 



COUNTY, VIRGINIA 



Nelson county is partly in the Piedmont section of 

 Virginia and partly in the Blue Ridge. The collect- 

 ing was mostly on the James River, in the Piedmont 

 section, about 40 miles below Lynchburg, at an alti- 

 tude of 400 to 600 feet. The figures refer to actual 

 records in my notebook. Where the common names 

 are given they are those in use for the species in Nel- 

 son County. 



Desmognathus fusca (Rafinesque). 



Diemictylus viridescens (Rafinesque). Both land 

 and water forms. Land form "ground puppy," wa- 

 ter from "spring lizard." 

 Bufo americanus Holbrook. "Toad." Very common. 



Acris gryllus crepitans (Baird). Common locally. 



Hyla versicolor Le Conte. "Tree toad." 



Rana catesbeiana Shaw. "Bull frog." 



liana clam at a Daudin. 



