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DE. EMIL A. GOOSLDI ON THE BEEEDIJfG-HABITS [Yeh. 5, 



wonderful jumper, aud it Mill utter a loud and shrill, most 

 startling cry, somewhat similar to that o£ a wounded cat. 



With the assistance of my cousin, Andreas Goeldi, a good 

 observer and keen collector, I undertook, during numerous nights 

 in all seasons, a thorough investigation of the batracliian life at 

 Colonia Alpina, Theresopolis. As nothing is known of the habits 

 of this most familiar and striking Tree-Frog \ I think it will be 

 interesting to describe some of the more essential features of its 

 breeding-habits, as we had occasion to study them in 1893, and 

 again in the beginniug of 1894. 



The appended figure, from a photograph taken from a portion of 

 the pond in the middle of our large kitchen-garden, in February of 

 last year, will help to complete my efforts to give a clear idea of 

 the architectural skill of our fi'og. The nests ai-e numbered in the 



figure. 



Kg. 1. 



Portion ot a pond sbowing nurseries of Hi/la faher. 



Hyla faher makes, in the shallow water of tlie borders of ponds 

 and similar localities, very regular pools of a circular form, 



' In 1886 Mr. Boulenger published, as a supplement to an article " On the 

 Ovi position in Phi/llo medusa ihiriiiffii" (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, svii. 

 p. 463), a very useful synoptic table, containing the facts known at that time 

 respecting the mode in which tailless Batrachians deposit or protect their 

 offspring. H//la faber is not mentioned. 



