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46. RAJA, Spec. 19. 



pastinaca, (sting ray,) body smooth ; tail with a 

 long sharp spine, serrate on the forepart, and 

 another on the back. Sometimes having two 

 back- spines ; and sometimes the body is cover- 

 ed with spots. From one to two and a half 

 feet long, and two-thirds or three-fourths as 

 broad. 

 See MS. P. 



2 5. RALLUS. Spec. 81. 



crex, (rail, crake,) wings rusty-red j mostly rus- 

 ty-red or rusty-grey or brown. 



jj&rzana, (gallinule, spotted rail,) two middle tail- 

 feathers edged with white ; bill and legs pale 

 olive. 

 See MS. P. 



3 4. RANA. Spec, about 40; 



Section A. Body warty, puffed up ; legs shorter. 

 Toads, 



bufo, (common toad,) body lurid and brown. 



Sometimes brown-olive with a yellowish-red 



band ; sometimes spotted with green, &c. 

 rubeta, (rain load,) vent obtuse ; a yellowish line 



on the back ; body beneath spotted with black. 



From one to two inches long. Body pimpled, 



dirty yellow. 



Section B. Body smooth, more oblong ; legs 

 longer. Frogs. 



fiipens, (croaking frog,) green with numerous ocel- 

 Jate spots, surrounded with a yellowish ring* 

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