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I first discovered B. amcricaniis at this locality 

 on April 11, 1915. On that date there were fully a 

 100 of the toads singing and breeding in a small 

 pond by the main road near the corner of the Mount 

 Harmony Road. A number of specimens were 

 secured, all characterized by the large warts, thick, 

 fleshy hind feet, and bright yellowish or reddish 

 tints of this species, while in many individuals the 

 underparts were spotted with black. In the same 

 pond were Pickerel Frogs and Spring Peepers 

 (Hyla). Eggs of the toad taken home hatched in 

 six days or a little less. 



Hyla andersoni. About eight years ago James 

 Chapin and I found this beautiful Tree Frog at the 

 Rimy on Pond two miles south of Sayreville, Middle- 

 sex Co. Since that time I have found it at several 

 other localities in the same region — one mile south 

 of Old Bridge, about one mile southeast of Brown- 

 town and at Freneau near Matawan. These localities 

 are all in the sandy pine barren "island" north of 

 the Pine Barrens proper. Thus this species extends 

 northward to within three miles or less of the lower 

 Raritan River, its range coinciding at this point with 

 that of the Carolina Chickadee. 



Virginia valeriae. Some years ago I came across 

 several individuals of this small snake on the trap 

 ridges immediately north of Plaiufield. With one 

 exception, they were on the north side of the First 

 Mountain at Watchung, a single individual being 

 found on the Second Mountain less than a mile 

 further north. All were hiding under boards or 

 stones in dry deciduous woods. The single specimen 

 preserved was collected on May 30, 1903. 



This species has not, so far as I am aware, been 

 found elsewhere in New Jersey, and the above 

 locality is its northernmost known station. 



W. DeW. Miller, 



Plainfield, N. J. 



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