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that be kept a u umber of tliein in a vivarium near a window. Both 

 were left open tluriug part of the day, and the Hylai would leave the 

 house and establish themselves on the trees in the orchard, where their 

 voices were heard throughout the evening. During the night they 

 would return to the house, and would ajipear in their usual i^lace in the 

 vivarium in the morning. 



Their eggs are laid in small packets on blades of grass, slender 

 sticks,' etc., in shallow ponds and pools. The metamorphosis takes 

 place while yet small, the young exceeding only a little those of the 

 northern toad, Bufo lentiginosus americanus. Some of the larval stages 

 are represented on Plate 76, figs. 23-6. 



The Hyla versicolor was named as an expression of its striking power 

 of metachrosis. It readily takes the color of the object on which it rests, 

 thus concealing itself successfully. Its colors vary from a deep brown 

 to gray, and nearly white to bright green. The change of color is not 

 rapidly accomplished. The favorite color is gray, which is identical 

 with that of the lichens of the trees which it inhabits. Professor Ver- 

 rill records this species as being found at Norway, Me., the most east 

 ern locality known to me. 



Hyla versicolor Le Conte, 

 RESERVE SERIES. 



Catalogue 



isro.of 



uumbur. 



spec. 



3G37 



8 



3035 



1 



3639 



1 



3043 



1 



3642 



1 



3628 



1 



3638 



3 



4892 



1 



4831 



3 



3643 



1 



3626 



1 



3C41 



2 



3234 



2 



3632 



2 



5957 



1 



3636 



6 



3627 



1 



5017 



1 



3080 



I 



4557 



1 



3665 



3 



3670 



3 



3609 



1 



4555 



1 



3667 



1 



3671 



1 



4554 



4 



3679 



2 



3660 



1 



3663 



2 



5191 



1 



9457 



1 



8861 



1 



8800 



2 



6454 



1 



11434 



1 



7819 



5 



9671 



1 



2500 



1 



3634 



1 



9987 



4 



Locality. 



When 

 collected. 



From whom received. 



Nature of spec- 

 imen. 



Prairie Mer Kouge, La. 



Anderson, S. C 



Kemper County, Miss . 



Ann Arbor, Mich 



Grosse Isle, Mich 



Ilacine, Wis 



Columbus, Ohio 



Green Plains, N.C 



Brookville, Ga 



Mount Holly, N.J 



Eutaw, Ala 



Westport, N. Y 



New IJraunfels, Tex . . . 

 Aux Plaines Eiver, 111. 



Carlisle, Pa 



Washington, D. C 



South Carolina ' 



Tarborough, N. C 



Maryland 



Wethersfield, Conn 



Meadville, Pa 



Southern Illinois 



Washington, D. 



Saint Louis, Mo 



West Philadelphia, Pa . 



Saint Catherine, Ga 



North Red River 



Natchez, Miss 



Roan County, Tenn 



New Orleans, La 



Goldsborough, N.C 



Tangipahoa River, La .. 

 Claiborne County, Tenn. 



Memphis, Tenn .' 



Potomac River, D. C 



Washington, D. C 



Goldsborough, N.C 



Southern Illinois 



Mount Holly, N.J 



Springfield, Mass 



James Fairie 



Miss C. Paine 



n.U. Lloyd 



Prof. S. F. Baird 



Rev. C. Fox 



I)r.P.R.Hoy 



Prof. L. Lesquereux 



G. P.Moore 



Dr. W. A. Hammond, TT. 

 S. A. 



Prof. A. Wiuchell. 

 Prof S.F. Baird... 



F. Lindheimer 



R. Kennicott 



Prof S.F. Baird. 

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J. L. Bridger 



C. B. Adams 



C.Wright 



J. F. Thicktstun . 

 R. Kennicott 



Dr. G. Engelmann , 



W.S.Wood... , 



Dr. D. W. Beadle 



R. Kennicott 



Col. B. C. L. Wailes , 



Professor Mitchell 



Saint Charles College. . 



Aug. — , 187 J 



Fred. Mather 



J. N. B. Scarborough 



Dr. John N. Woodworth 



George Shoemaker 



Dr. E. Coues, U. S. A . . . . 



J.W.Milner 



R. Kennicott 



Prof. S. F. Baird 



Wosleyan University. . . 



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