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It is interesting to note the method, by the use of its very exten- 

 sible tongue, how toads capture their insect prey so different 

 from the frog, that leaps at it with gaping jaws. In fact, there is 

 so much to write about pertaining to these curious animals, that 

 the danger is one's pen may run away with its holder, and so I 

 very reluctantly bring this chapter to a close, and only trust 

 that it may incite the reader to look more carefully into the 

 literature of the Amphibia and record, what we much need, fuller 

 histories of our United States forms of them. 



