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barrens. All of our catch was placed in a large- 

 mouthed jar and brought home to Rumson alive. The 

 next morning a number of gelatinous egg masses 

 were found in the bottom of the jar. Since they were 

 pretty well smashed up from the struggles which the 

 Hylas made trying to escape, it was impossible to dis- 

 tinguish whether the egg masses were laid in a char- 

 acteristic form. We were both much surprised to 

 find these eggs, as we had not supposed that this Hyla 

 laid so late in the year; yet we had always wondered 

 why such a large number of individuals kept on sing- 

 ing so vigorously until at least the 20th of July. I 

 might add that the singing begins with dark, though 

 an occasional voice may be heard upon a lowery after- 

 noon, and the greatest concert takes place before ten 

 o'clock. At about this time the number of singing 

 individuals is noticeably less. 



Thomas Barbour, 

 Cambridge, 3Iass. 



AN UNUSUALLY LARGE PINE SNAKE, 

 FROM NEW JERSEY. 



The Brooklyn Museum has received recently as 

 a gift from Mr. R. P. Dow, the skin of a Pine Snake, 

 Pityophis melanoleucus , Daudin which on account of 

 its unusually large size deserves to be placed on rec- 

 ord. The snake was killed several years ago, on the 

 estate of the late J. Turner Brakeley, Lakaway 

 Plantation, Hornerstown, N. J., and at the time of 

 capture was said to have measured seven feet, four 

 inches. Actual measurement shows a total length of 

 six feet and nine inches, but it is possible that on ac- 

 count of mutilation in the killing, part of the skin 

 was rendered useless, for the head and neck, for a 

 length of eight inches, have been preserved separately. 



Together with the skin the Museum has received 

 also an egg, intact and in perfect preservation, which 

 is said to have been removed from the intestinal tract 



