FROGS. 



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two inches and a half in length ; it varies much 

 in colour and markings, but is commonly of a 

 yellowish brown, sometimes greenish or reddish, 

 irregularly spotted with dark brown patches, 





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FROG. 



which on the limbs take the form of transverse 

 bands : there is generally an oblong patch of 

 brown behind each eye, and a pale line down 

 each side : the under parts are yellowish white. 



Early in spring the Frog deposits its eggs at 

 the bottom of water ; these resemble black dots 

 distributed at equal distances throughout a large 

 mass of transparent jelly. After a while the 

 mass rises to the surface. In about a month 

 after the deposition, in this country, but much 



