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kinds, mice, and even young ducklings which 

 happen to stray too far from their parents ; swal- 

 lowing them whole, like the rest of its prey. It 

 arrives at its full growth in ahout four years ; be- 

 gins to breed at the age of five years, and lives to 

 about sixteen. 



PEEPING FROG. 



Rana Pipiens. R. oih'acea, maculis oratis nigris flaxo mar- 



ginati-s. 

 Olive-coloured Frog, with ovate black spots margined with 



yellow. 



Water-Frog. Cate.<J>. Car. 2. p. 70. pi. 70. 

 Rana pipiens. R. riridis, ocellis plurinris fuscis annulojiarfsccntf 



cinctis. Lin. Syst. Xaf. Gmd. p. 10.52. Schrcb. Naturf. 18. 



p. 1S2. t. 4. 

 Rana maculosa Atricana amphibia. Seb. 2. p. 37- t. 37. f. 4.? 



Ix its habit or general appearance this species 

 seems much allied both to the common and the 

 green frog, and more particularly to the latter ani- 

 mal, but is smaller ; measuring only five or six 

 inches from the nose to the tips of, the hind feet. 

 It is a native of North America, and was first de- 

 scribed by Catesby. vho informs us that its body 

 and limbs are of a dusky green, spotted with black : 

 from the eyes to the rump extend two yellow lines; 

 and two white lines reach from each eye to. the 

 nose : the eyes are large and black, and are en- 

 circled by yellow irides. These frogs, says Ca- 

 tesby, are not seen on dry land, but frequent ri- 

 vulets and ditches of water, and will leap to the 

 distance of five or six vards. Since the time of 



