Ceylon
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992
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content: Charles M. Bogert audio recordings
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content: Charles M. Bogert audio recordings / Series 2: Field Recordings of Amphibians, Birds, and Insects
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (5 inch reel, 1/4 inch tape)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: 7.5 ips
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 May 7 and May 11
container: label: Container
content: Box 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.BOGE, Item BOGE_02_0017
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audio [CFCH03502]
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Track 1. Chorus recorded at Anuradhapura, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], on May 7, 1965, when rain was dropping on umbrella held over microphone and recorder, with air temp ca. 36° C. Species included may be Rana breviceps, Rana cyanophlictus, Rhacophorus maculatus, Microhyla rubra and M. ornata. (Followed by Mr. Amaradasa's recounting of the legend of the founding of Ceylon [Sri Lanka].) 

Track 1 & 2. Recordings of small choruses obtained 8-10 miles north of Puttalam, May 11, 1965, when air temperatures approximated 30° C. Recordings include various ranids, rhacophorids, and (Track 2) probably both Microhyla ornata and M. rubra, both of which were collected in the pond where Bufo fergusoni was recorded and collected.
[a separate paper appears to have fallen off a 10 inch copy of this recording with slightly different language. It is transcribed as follows]

Mating Choruses of Frogs Recorded at Anuradhapura, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], May 7, 1965 by C.M. Bogert, Uher Recorder, 7.5 ips

1. Chorus, from distance includes unidentified individual, with bark-like call.

2. Choruses recorded at close range, include Rana cyanophlictus, Rana breviceps, and Micohyla rubra.

3. Summary of history of Ceylon [Sri Lanka], and origin of the name Wilpattu (for the National Park), as recited by chauffer, H.B. Amaradasa
Mating Choruses of Frongs Recorded Near Puttalam, May 11, 1965 by C.M. Bogert
(Most calls at 7.5 ips, a few bands following first inadvertantly recorded at 3.75 ips)
Note: Identity of several species on record open to doubt

1. Microhyla rubra (?)

2. Rana tigrina, Rana cyanophlictus, Rana breviceps, Rhacophorus leucomystax, Microhyla ruber, Microhyla ornata, Rhacophorus leucomystax maculatus, Bufo fergusoni, and probably undescribed or unrecognized species included. Crickets, automobiles, and other sounds, particularly from wind on microphone are included.