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Tree-fkogs in England.— I tliink it may interest some of your 
readers to know that my little brothers, when out for a walk near 
Hampton-on-the-Hill last Saturday, caught and brought home alive 
a small tree-frog, which seems to answer to the description of the 
green one (Hyla viridis) which is common on the Continent, but 
which I have never heard of as an inhabitant of Great Britain. The 
creature was about 1^ inch long, the body of a beautiful bright 
pea-green colour above, and white beneath ; a dirty yellowish line 
ran down the side from head to tail. Its legs were green above, and 
of a dark reddish colour below ; each of the toes was furnished near 
the tip with a flat round sucker similar to those on the foot of a fly. 
The throat was very capacious and hung down like a pouch. When 
placed in the conservatory it exhibited great activity, climbing and 
leaping from plant to plant almost like a small squirrel. Fearing 
it might escape, and until I could ascertain something as to its habits 
and food, I placed the frog in a large box with some plant, where it 
remained till Monday, but then died, whether from want of food or 
water I do not know. 1 have now had it preserved in spirits, and 
shall be pleased to show it to anyone who may feel interested in the 
capture. All the books I have seen on the zoology of England say 
that no species of tree-frog is known here, but if so, the finding of 
this one is difficult to account for, especially as it was caught quite 
out in the country, at a long distance from any place from which it is 
at all likely to have escaped. —Lloyd Chadwick, 27, High Street, 
Warwick, August 23, 1883. 
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BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.— 
Geological Section, July 24th.—The following exhibits were made: 
—Mr. E. H. Wagstaff: a fish parasite, Argulus foliaceus; fine specimens of 
Lophopus crystallinus, and an infusorian Dendrosoma radians. Mr. W. B. 
Grove the following Fungi;— Pistillaria micans (rare), from Solihull; Cyphella 
Curreyi, from Erdington ; Trichobasis oblongata, from Harborne ; T. violarum, 
from Clent. Also on behalf of Mr. Plowright, Uromyces Poce, newly discovered 
in Britain; and on behalf of Mr. W. Phillips, Puccinia mixta, on chives, also 
probably new. Mr. C. A. Matley, Fossiliferous quartzite pebbles, from the Drift 
at Northfield. General Meeting, July 31st.—Mr. J. E. Bagnall exhibited 
Caynpanula Trachelium, Agrostis nigra, Tilia parvifolia, Juncus Gerardi, Cen- 
taurea nigra var. radians, and Arundo Epigejos, from Ragley; Hieracium 
maculatum, from Hampton; Lemna polyrrhiza, Anthemis arvensis (rare), 
Polygonum arenastrum, Silaus pratensis, Arctium minus, from Escoles Green; 
Paris quadrifolia (in fruit), from Oldbury; Selaginella selaginoides, from 
Southland ; a moss. Sphagnum fimbria tuni (in fruit), from Bentley Park ; Fungi, 
Amanita rubescens, Pluteus chrysophceus, from Ragley Park; Boletus flavus, 
Lactarias pyrogalus, Hygrophorus conieus, from Hampton; also, from Mr. 
F. Enock, Drosera intermedia and Epipactis palustris, from near Basingstoke. 
Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited Fungi:— Puccinia Luzulce (rare) and Peziza cinerea, 
from the Hagley Road; Macrosporium cheiranthi, from Harborne; and the spores 
of Xenodochus carbonarius, from Water Orton, beneath the microscope. Mr. 
W. H. Wilkinson exhibited Lichens from the Highlands of Scotland:— TJsnea 
barbata, Ramalina farinacca, B. fraxinea vars. ampliata, fastigiata, and can- 
aliculata, B. calycalis, Sticta pulmonaria, Peltigera canina, Physcia furfuracea, 
andP.prunastri. Mr.W.Greatheed exhibited a specimen of Tcenia soihiw, human 
tapeworm, 20ft. long. Mr. J. Morley exhibited the rare white variety of Lamium 
purpureum, from a garden. Biological Section, August 14th.—Mr. J. E. Bagnall 
