Tin: 



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Tin- color of this species is deep liver-brown above, with ! longitudinal yellow stripe*, 

 beginning at the. eyes and extending as* far us the base of the 1 mid-leg*. A foik.-d \. !!.. 

 mark ap|-ar. l-twc-n thes stripes just- where they end. :m<l tin- limbs are li\--i I-I..UM, 

 with yellow. Tin- under parts are very pule brownish n-l profusely variegated with 

 \elloM sjxitl In i. i._:!i : hi tiearl\ tWO tBflhai I:.' |M0ri< IUIIIK liruchymcru* i- 

 derived from tuo Greek words, signifying short-thiglied. 



'|'H i 'l'i N..I i N.. FuiNi of Southern Aim-ii.-a // tinrturia) is worthy of a casual 



not: 



Tliis civature is so called because the Indians are said t<> employ it Tor imparting a dinVr 

 ent tinge to the plumage of the green jmrmt. They pluck out tin- feathers on the Kpotn where 

 they de>iiv to i:ivi- the 1-inl a diffen-nt coloi-e.1 niU-. and then rnl> tin- uoiiinled kin with tin- 

 blood of this Frog. The new feathers that supply the p laces of thcwe that have U-en n-inove^l, 

 are said to be of a fine red or yellow hue. 



It is found in various jirt.s of Southern Aim-ii'.i. :ui'l is i-oinni-.n in Surinam, where it 

 mostly Inhal'it- the woods. tni\-i>in^ the l>ran<-hes :m I I-:IM-S l.y ila\. and at ni^lil concealing 

 iteelf nniler the loose bark. Like the common Tree-Frog of Knruj*-, it seldom vi-.it> tin. 

 water except during the bm-ding-sea-on. for the j,urjH,s,. of <le]Hsiting its egg*- 



In color it isextremely variable. Some specimens are black, with a white spot on the 

 top of the head, and two stripes of the same color running from the head along each aide. In 

 ei -tain individuals there are cross bands of white between the stripes. Other examples are 

 gray above and I. lack below; some are wholly black, sotted with large round white marks; 

 others are black; others are gray, spotted with Muck : while a f.-w s|-ci!iu*nsare brown, with 

 A Urge white spot on each side, and two white bands on the fore limbs. 



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THE RHINOPIIRYNK is remarkable as being the only known example among the Frogs 

 where the tongue has its free end pointing forward, instead of being directed towards the 

 throat 



This curious 



Y/l 



spe- 

 cies inhabits Mexico, 

 and can easily be recog- 

 nized by the peculiar 

 form of its head, which 

 is rounded, merged into 

 the body, and has the 

 muzzle abruptly trun- 

 cated, so as to form a 

 small circular disc in 

 front. The gape is ex- 

 tremely small, and tin- 

 head would, if sepa- 

 rated, be hardly recog- 

 nizable as having be- 

 longed to a Frog. There 

 are two glands by the 

 ears, but although they 

 are of considerable 

 dimensions, th-\ 



are 



scarcely apparent externally, being concealed under the skin. The legs are very short and 

 thick, and the feet are half-webbed. Each hind-foot is furnish. -d with a flat. oval, horny 

 spur formed by the development of one of the bones. There are no teeth in the jaws, and the 



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