BATRACHIANS AND REPTILES OF OHIO. 119 



This is the so-called " L,ittle Tree-Toad," a name that would 

 probably be appropriate if the little fellow ever climbed trees ! 

 It is to be found in swamps on low herbage or on the ground. It 

 has a note somewhat similar to the preceding species, but the 

 pitch is higher and the rattle is less definite. The note is seldom 

 heard in daylight hours except on dark days. The writer has 

 never heard it, as Cope says, in the hottest hours. 



Smith ('82) gives this form as rare in Ohio. At the present 

 time this is scarcely true since it has been found common in vari- 

 ous parts of the State. Thus along the Ohio shore of Fake Erie 

 it is common in the swamps. Prof. J. S. Hine found several at 

 Kent, and in the north-eastern part of the State. 



The species is very variable. An extreme was taken on 

 Cedar Point, Sandusky, which was brick- red all over, with the 

 faintest hint at the dorsal bifurcated marking. 



Cope ('89, p. 339) gives as a species distinct from ttiserialus 

 Wied., the species jeriarum Baird. Hay (v., Jordan, '99, p. 360), 

 however, considers these two species as simply varieties of nig- 

 titus Fe C. He would make, then, our eastern form C. nigritus 

 ferianim ( Baird ) . 



Specimens in Oberlin College, collected by Lynds Jones in Lorain Co. 

 In O. S. U. Mus., collected by J. S. Hine at Kent, and by the author at 

 Cedar Point ; also at Sugar Grove. 



Hyla pickeringii Storer. Disks on fingers and toes large and conspic- 

 uous. Skin rough. Toes webbed. Ground color above, yellowish, with 

 two narrow lines, forming an oblique cross, darker in color. Brownish 

 blotches also on dorsal surface. Below yellowish. Lines along sides of 

 head. Legs barred. Length 1 inch. 



In the spring and summer this little animal is to be found in 

 moist places among fallen leaves. As fall approaches it ascends 

 trees where it remains until hibernation time, which is late, since 

 it is quite hardy. Its note is a squeak combined with a whistle, 

 and, as Cope says, " bearing considerable resemblance to the note 

 of the Purple Finch." 



Found only here and there over the State. It seems to be 

 erratic in point of occurrence, although in the States east of Ohio 

 it is common. 



Specimens in the U. S. Nat. Mus., recorded by Cope from Marietta. In 

 Oberlin College, collected by Lynds Jones in Lorain Co. In O. S. U. Mus., 

 collected by E. V. Wilcox at Hanging Rock and Sugar Grove. 



