BROOKLYN INHTITrTK :\Il-SEl'M. SCIENCE Bl-LEETI? 
Explanation of plates. 
Pair ill the act of si. 
Fit;. 2. Male sinsfing. 
Fit;. 3. Common toails paired. 
Pl,.\Tlc. 3. Diifo fo-d.'lei-i. 
Fiif.s. 4, 5, 6. Egg.strin}<s, tadpoles, and young imagos of the connnou toad. 
Figs. 7-1 1. Five photograph.s of male toads. 
Pl.^TE 4. 
Fig. 12. .\ favorite breeding pool of /)';//'() /ba'.'cr/, Patchogue, L. 1. 
l'"ig. 13 A male of Biifo aiiicricanin, the common toati of the New York 
riainland. Photographed at Ithaca, N. Y. 
PL.A.TK 5. Scaphiopui holhrooki. 
Fig. 14. Portrait of a .spadefoot toad, 
h'ig. 15. A mated pair. 
Pl,.\TE 6. Staphiopiis holhrooki. 
Fig. 16. Pool at Patchogue, L. I., where spadefoots were first observed. 
F"ig. 17. -A spadefoot. 
F"ig. iS. Rggstring of spadefoot toad, photographed under water. 
Fig. 19. .A spadefoot calling in response to the stimulus of being tickled. 
Figs. 20-22. Male spadefoots ■' squawking " in the water. 
Pl.\TE 7- 
F'igs. 23-2.S. . Ifn's x't/Zi/s i iYf>il(i)is — three song.sters. 
F'igs. 26, 27. Hy/a ;, rsito/or — tree frogs trilling. 
Fig. 2S .\spring peeper (Hy/a puki-riiioi), and I fig. 29) the .same individual 
vith throat and body distended in song 
Figs. 30-32. ' Hy/a /y!ikrn'u<;i. 
Pl.\TE S. 
Fig. 33. Pickerel frog (/>',(«,/ /)<i/«,\7;-/,f) "snoring." 
Fig. 34. Leopard frog ( A'cDin pipifiis) with paired vocal sacs distended in song. 
Pi. ATI : M. /\a:i,t pipieiis. 
Fig- 35- Leopard frog uitli s.us iDll.itcd, and (fig. 36) the same individual 
villi .sacs collapsed and body (li-.ti inli m ,ii iln' vxpiration of the song. 
F'igs. 37, 38. Leopard tr.ii;^. .a n^l .ind singing. 
PLAT1-. in. k\iiia sy/i'afiio. 
Fig. 39. Wood frog. 
Fig. V'. Breeding place of wood frogs, Patchogue. L. I. 
Figs. 41, 42. Wood frogs swiiiiining. Note, in fig. 42, the ripples caused by 
he explo,sive, clucking call of tl'ie frog. 
Pl.vTK u. 
I'"ig. 43. Egg mass of wood frog 1 A'aiiti sy/vatica ). 
Fig. 44. Green frog (/x'aiiii liiDiiitcins) singing with swollen " cheeks." 
Fig. 45. Portrait of a green frog (h'lUia chiiuitaiis). 
Plate 12. 
Fig, 46. Irreen frog ( A'ni/n 1 laiiiitaiis) singing. 
Fig. 47. Bull iru-^\A;iini <ii/,-shia)ia) calling.' 
Plate 13. A'ana calesbiuiia. 
Fig. 4S. He.i.l of bull frog, about life .size. 
Fig. 49. Bull frog iu the act of bellowing. 
