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quick and made with but slight motion of the tail. Color appears 
black under water. Body and head are short. Eyes prominent, 
set widely apart and of a brilliant flame color; the iris in some 
sjoecimens quartered by dark lines. The lips are broad and 
thick. The nostril openings and two perpendicular lines between 
the nostril openings are gold colored. Transverse bars of the 
same tint on the upper edge of the tail are seen in some 
specimens. To this stage tadpoles of Hyla versicolor and Acris. 
Pickerinsfii bear a close resemblance. 
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May 20th. The holders have disappeared. 
May 27th. The hind legs appear as small white buds. The 
abdomen and lower half of the sides show iridescence of great 
brilliancy. A bluish sheen is seen on the upper surface. The tail 
which is broad and flecked with deep brown or black, is colored 
bright red in many specimens. 
June 5th. Feet with discs on toes seem The mottling of gold 
color has almost disappeared and nearly all the tadjmles are olive- 
green on the body. 
June 18th. When tadpoles are in motion the legs remain 
extended beside the tail, but when at rest they are usually drawn 
up near the body. 
June 21st. The golden markings on the head have disappeared. 
Tadpoles vary in color from dark gray to pea green. 
June 28th. Movement of arms under the skin seen. 
July 1st. A few tadpoles show dark markings on the back. 
The body growing thin, causing the head to look disproportion- 
ately large. 
July 2d. Most of the tadjmles have thrust out one arm, 
usually the right. 
July 3d. Nearly all the tadpoles have both arms free. The 
thin edges of the tail are fast being resorbed. At this time the 
tadpoles appear to take little food and are found along the shore 
partly out of the water. The lips have lost their thick edges. 
While a few specimens have retained the coloring of gray up to 
this period, nearly all are of various shades of tender green on 
the upper surfaces, bordered with gray or salmon color. 
July 4th. Found a few tadpoles at the water’s edge with the 
tail reduced to a mere stump. The mouth is developed and 
frequently opened as if the little frogs were gasping for breath. 
