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gathered in the ponds, in sprin(;tiiiu'. It is (|iiir.> ^vik rnlly dis- 

 tributed south of the mountains, the most iioi tlicni >|>(citiH n tliiit 

 I have examined being from Morristown, N. .1. (M. I'i-licr . 



Hyla pickeringii Ilolbrook.— A connnon sjHvics in slia.lc.l jiools 

 in early spring. I have examined specimens from ilic Delaware 

 valley,* Chester Co., Pa., and also from Altooiia. Blair Co.. I'a. 

 (Dr.'Leidy),and Pine (^rove, Cumberland ('... IMioads -. Dr. 

 Wilson obtained it in Delaware. 



Hyla andersonii Baird.— All the s|)(Mimeiis m. far M-cuivd ex- 

 cept the type have come from the pine barren re^^ioii of .\e\v 

 Jersey. Dr. Leidy's specimen from .bick-on and one obtained 

 by Mr. II. L. Viereck' at Clementon are in tlu' Aeademy\ collec- 

 tion. The otiiers wore two secured at IMeasint MilU l.y Dr. .1. V. 

 Moore and one from May's I.andin.u', - J. Iv TeUM-). 



Rana pipiens Sclireber. .Vbundant all alono- the coast marshes 

 and large rivers. I liav(> examintvl specimens also from White 

 Pond, \. J., and Waynesbnru', (ireen Co.. Pa. (lil.oa.lsK ami 

 fnun several ce.lar swamps in the New .lersey pine barrens. In 



Rana palustris P(> ( 'ontt>. Common thronnliont rennsylvania 

 and in northern and son thwtsteni New -lersey. It ran^o m the 

 top of the Alleghanies as I have seen it in Sullivan and Wyoming 

 Cos., and Rhoads took it at Round Island. ( linton ( 'o.. Pa. " 



Rana sylvatica Le Conte. -Distributed throughout Peim- 

 sylvania and New Jersey. 1 have found it on the highest ranges 

 of the Alleghanies and on the edge of the pine barrens at Metl- 

 ford, N. J., while Rhoads secured a specimen at May's Landing, 

 in the same State. 



Rana clamitans Latreille.— Abundant an«i widely distributed, 

 occurring both in the mountains and in the j)ine barrens of New 

 Jersey where it is the most abundant frog. 



Rana catesbiana Shaw. A[>i»an'ntly widely distributed but 

 much scarcer than formerly. I have taken it on the lower Del a- 

 W'are and Su.s<iueliamui an<l their tributaries and have .seen speci- 

 mens from Absecon. N. -b iS. .\shmead i. and Harvey's Lake, Pa. 



'Stone, Pror. .Irv,,/ \ .s, , . litdl -s; thi.s paper was prepared, 



W. T. Davis has (liM-ovt-ivJ thi^ >|H'rie^ an-l h'ana virgatipes at Lakehurst 

 in the New Jersey pine l)unens {Anur. Xal.. vol. 38, p. 893; vol. 39, p. 

 795). 



