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DR. E. A. GOELDI ON A 



[Feb. 5, 



article a tabular synopsis showing the different incubation-habits 

 among the Batrachia. In this synopsis a unique position is held 

 by the tree-frog Hyla jicdmata, which, according to observations 

 made by me in the Serra dos Orgaos (Rio de Janeiro), and 

 published in the 'Proceedings' of the Zoological Society, 1895, 

 forms breeding-bowls of the mud in shallow ponds. 



Text-fig. 58. 



B. 



Breeding-basin of Syla resinijictri.v, (A) side view and (B) section 

 (diagrammatic). 



A still more peculiar eccentricity is presented by this beautiful 

 new Amazonian tree-frog, Hyla resiniflctrix. Inhabiting the 

 virgin forest, it chooses certain tall trees for its dwelling, where it 

 takes possession of a hollow branch (text-fig. 58, A and B), and 

 constructs there as a nursery a good-sized basin of resinous sub- 

 stances, with a central depression (text-fig. 59). As is well known, 



