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Show 1895.] ON SOME TEEE-FEOGS OF BBAZIL. 89 February 5, 1895. Sir W. H. FLOWEE, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January 1895. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January was 39, of which 29 were by presentation, 1 by birth, 3 by purchase, and 6 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 110. Mr. Holding exhibited and made remarks on the skull of a Three-horned Stag, the head of a Four-horned Ram, and the gnawed horn of a Red Deer. The following papers were read :- 1. Contribution to the Knowledge of the Breeding-habits of some Tree-Frogs (Hylidcs) of the Serra dos Orgaos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By Dr. E M I L A. GOELDI, Director of the Museum of Natural History and Ethnography of Para 2 [Eeceived January 1, 1895.] 1. HYLA FABEE, Wied. Hyla pcdmata, Burmeister; H. maxima, Reinhardt et Liitken. The "Ferreiro"(" Smith") is of common occurrence in the Province Rio de Janeiro, more frequently still in the mountain regions of the Serra dos Orgaos than in the hot lowland. At Colonia Alpina, near Theresopolis, I could be sure to pick up three or four individuals in less than an hour in the evening, guided to their retreats by their singular voice. In fact this voice is one of the most characteristic sounds to be heard in tropical South America. Fancy the noise of a mallet, slowly and regularly beaten upon a copper plate, and you will have a pretty good idea of the concert, given generally by several individuals at the same time and with slight variations in tone and intensity. When you approach the spot where the Tree-Frog aits, the sound ceases. But keep quiet, and it will be resumed after a few moments. Tou will discover the frog on a grass-stem, on a leaf of a low branch, or in the mud. Seize it quickly, for it is a most 1 Communicated by Mr. Gt. A. BOULENGER, F.E.S. |
