94 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



meadows than (E. fasciatus. The species (E. angus- 

 tipennisj (E. latipennis, and (E. niveus prefer the 

 cultivated field to the weedy wayside. 



This slender cricket is white, deeply suffused with 

 green, has longer and slenderer hind legs than those 

 of the other species, and a smaller head. The song 



resembles that of (E. 

 fasciatus, but is less 

 shrill, and lasts but 

 from three to five 

 seconds, with inter- 

 vals of corresponding 

 length. 



The song is usually 

 heard at night. Both 

 the song and the singer 

 have been confusedly 



connected with the rhythmical (E. niveus ; an atten- 

 tive ear, however, can not fail to detect a wide differ- 

 ence in the songs. CE. niveus utters its t-re-e-e, t-re-ee, 

 t-re-ee, in metronome time, fifty trills occurring in a 

 minute Jerome McNeil says seventy, but I give the 

 results of my own personal experience. In different 

 kinds of weather crickets sing faster or slower. In 

 the case of (E. angustipennis the song is slower than 

 that of (E. niveus. 



The tree crickets are remarkable for their rhyth- 



Narrow-winged Tree 

 Cricket. 



