24: FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



is that of the wood frog (JKana sylvatica\ who is 

 brown-yellow tan color, except under the eye, where 



there is a black streak. This 

 frog is about two inches 

 long. He lives in the 

 woods throughout the 

 summer, and rare- 

 ly, if ever, visits 

 the water at that 

 time ; but during 

 the breeding sea- 

 son, about the mid- 

 dle of April when 

 the weather is warm, the wooded margin of the pond 

 will resound with the spasmodic, hoarse, clucking 

 notes of this sylvan character for he really prefers 

 the wood to the water. Rana sylvatica is common 

 from Maine to Ohio and Michigan. 



Wood Frog. 



