tree swift (treswift)

An Oriental swift of the genus Dendrochelidon, of which the species are several, wide-ranging in India and east ward. 6455 about two inches long, and of variegated as well as changeable colors. The shrill piping heard in spring and summer in many parts of the United States is made by tree to ads, as Acris gryllus, A. crepitans, Hyla pick ering i, and H. versicolor, as well as by some of the small Hylidæ which are aquatic, as Helœcetes tri ser i at us. The species of tree American Tree-toad ( Hyla versicolor). toads are very numerous, about 175 in number, of which by far the greater part inhabit tropical America. Those of the genus Phyllo medusa are usually included among the Hylidæ. The lichened tree-toad is Trachycephalus lichen at us, of the same family. Members of the genus Am phi gnat hod on (of a different family) are of arboreal habits, and resemble the Hylidæ. Some true frogs (raniform batrachians) are also of arboreal habits, and to these the name tree - frog should be, though it is not, restricted. See tree-frog (b), and cut under Phyllo medusa. The tree - toad chimed in with his loud trilling chirrup. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 14. Glandle tree-toads, the members of a supposed family Polypedetidæ , mostly arboreal Ranidæ , with dilated toes and no parotoids. - Spurred tree-toad. See spurred. tree-tomato (trē tō-mätō), n. 1. See tomato . -2. See Cyphomandra . tree-top (tre top), n. The top or uppermost part of a tree. How peaceful sleep The tree - tops altogether! Browning, Para cels us, iii. See violet.