24 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



is that of tlie wood frog {Raiia sylvatica), who is 

 bro-^vii-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, lioarse, clucking 

 notes of this sylvan character — for he really prefers 

 tlie wood to the water. liana syloatica is common 

 from jMaine to Ohio and Michiiran. 



