30 BROOXLYX IXSTITrTl': MISICIM. SCIENCE Bl'LLETIX 2. ^■ 
The spadefoot toads suddenly reaiipeared on the e\-eniiii;; of April 12, 
1913 in several ])ool,s near Ba\- A\-emie after a warm, hard rain. They 
were noisy on the thirteenth, but after that date the weather wa.s cold and 
only a few were .seen until the twenty-third. Then about fift\' ajijieared 
in the pool which had just refilled on the site of the pool in which they 
were .seen in 191 2. After two or three da.ws all the toads had disapjieared . 
Ho.sts of tadpoles were hatched, but most of them were de.stro\-ed on 
account of their pools being filled in with soil. Tho.se that survived 
completed their transformation into fulh' formed toads bv the middle of 
June. 
A few spadefoot toads appjared in a small i)irmane:it ]) )ol near the 
Ba\- Avenue school on A\m] 27 and 2S, 1914, and laid a considerable 
amount of spawn. There wa.s a jn'olonged rain on May fourth and fifth 
and on the evening of the fifth great numliersof the toads ap^ieared in the 
])ool. About one hundred jiairs were mated in the pool all through the 
following da\ . and their method of laying eggs was readily ob.served. 
The chorus of unmated males was loud on the evening of the sixth, but 
not one of the toads could be found on the .seventh, although the 
temj^erature continued warm. On Jul>- 7, 1914, numbers of spadefoot 
toads ap])eared on the salt marshes adjoining the shore at Ba_\- Avenue, 
I'atchogue, after a week of rain\- day.s. The>' sang in a loud chorus and 
man\- were mated. Xone could be found on the next day. 
The tadi)oles of spadefoot toad^. have lieen found in Oakdale and 
Speonk. The toads are widel.v distributed, and their times of aii]iearance 
are a.s regular as those of other toads. They escajie obssrvation on 
account of their burrowing hal>its, and their short sta_\- in the breeding 
liools. I made sure of finding them by hiring a .small bo\- to \-isit the 
localit\ ever\- e\ening. 
3, CRICKKT FROC. 
.l,iis';n///,.< nrpitoiLs Baird 
rppiT ja\v p.nnte.l m front. Kar .Miiall ami in,.i-,tnict. Le-s loll-. I'Vct wcl.l.t-d. 
e.iloraliovL-, (lark red or ;„'reL'ii, iisu.illy with a ilislinct band of grren doun llu- iiiiddle 
of its Lack, ruder parts wliilL-. 
The cricket frog is the nimble fairy among the Long I.sland frogs. 
It belongs to the tree frog famil> , but the discs on the ends of its toes are 
too small to be of u.se in climliing. Its jumjiing ability, and its ]irotective 
coloration compensate it for its lack of climliing power. Its slender bodv 
