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eral specimens having been found on the farm of my 

 friend, Mr. William Palmer, in Alexandria County, 

 near Arlington Cemetery, Virginia. Mr. Palmer's 

 farm, like the entire district, seems to abound in this 

 species, whereas but one very small and young B. 

 amcricanus, from North Chesapeake Beach, (and 

 this rather doubtful), has thus far been added to the 

 collection. 



Two pickerel frogs, (Rana palustris), were 

 caught by Mr. O'Dwyer and myself along the Chesa- 

 peake aiid Ohio Canal, above the Aqueduct Bridge, 

 between the Chain-bridge and Georgetown, on the 

 evening of August 30, 1915. Abundant rains had 

 soaked the entire region and made the finding of 

 frogs a "regular picnic." Several young specimens 

 of R. clamitans, which, by the way, appears to be very 

 abundant in this neighborhood, were also caught, as 

 well as a young specimen of R. pipiens, easily recog- 

 nizable by its round, brownish, dorsal spots and its 

 sharp snout. 



A specimen of Hi/la versicolor was picked up by 

 Mr. Palmer from the bottom of his well, whither the 

 tree-toad had jumped or fallen after the superstruc- 

 ture had been removed in order to make way for a 

 pump of more modern type. Efforts will shortly be 

 made to secure specimens of Hyla evittata Miller, 

 which are said to be very numerous in the ponds 

 between Mr. Palmer's farm and the Potomac River, 

 and also to establish whether Hyla cinerea co-exists 

 with, or is not, as some claim, specifically identical 

 with H. evittata. 



Some doubt seems to exist as to the exact species 

 of a small frog resembling clamitans, but with the 

 back of a rich brown or chocolate color, and with a 

 beautiful streak of lazuli blue on the edge of the 

 upper jaw from the tympanum to the tip of the snout. 

 Can any reader of Copeia help us out? 



S. M. Gronberger, 

 Washington, D. C. 



