Date Precipitation No. of in inches caught frogs July 1 2.02 8 July 10 .11 none July 16 1.26 none July 20-21 .94 3 July 24 .38 2 July 28 .29 none August 1-2 3.22 31 August 6-7-8 2.43 none August 12 .28 none August 16 .29 none August 19-22 .70 none August 27-28 1.05 none September 9 .50 none September 29-30 .38 none October 4 .74 none October 12-14 3.51 none From the positions of the traps and drift fences, it was obvious that all of the frogs that were caught were travelling toward the pond. Capture of an equal number moving away from the pond a few days afterward might have been expected but none at all was caught while making a return trip. Therefore it seems that the frogs returned by a different route to their home ranges after breeding. Of necessity they make the return trip under conditions drier than those that prevail on the pondward trip, which is usually made in a downpour. Probably the return travel is slower, more leisurely, and with more tendency to keep to sheltered situations. The call is a bleat, resembling that of a sheep, but higher, of lesser volume, and is not unlike the loud rattling buzz of an angry bee. The call is usually of three to four seconds duration, with an interval several times as long. Calling males were floating, almost upright, in the water within a few yards of shore, where there was dense vegetation. The throat pouch when fully expanded is several times as large as the entire head. When a person approached to within a few yards of frogs they usually stopped calling, submerged, and swam to a place of concealment. Having heard the call of typical _G. carolinensis_ in Louisiana, I have the impression that it is a little shorter, more sheeplike, and less insectlike than that of _G. olivacea_. The call of _Gastrophryne_ is of such peculiar quality that it is difficult to describe. Different observers have described it in different terms. Stebbins (1951: 391) has described the call in greatest detail, and also has quoted from the descriptions of it previously published. These descriptions include the following: "high, shrill buzz"; "buzz, harsh and metallic"; "like an electric buzzer"; "like bees at close range but more like sheep at a distance"; "bleating baa"; "shrill, long-drawn quaw quaw"; "whistled wh[=e][=e] followed by a bleat."