RAJA, RANA, 245 
Rk. 
4—6. Rasa. 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. Ratius. Spec. 31. 
crex, (rail, crake,) wings rusty-red ; mostly rus- 
ty-red or rusty-grey or brown. 
perzana, (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. 
'Voads. 
bufo, (common toad,) body lurid and brown. 
Sometimes brown-olive with a yellowish-red 
band ; sometimes spotied with green, &c. 
rubeta, (rain toad,) vent obtuse ; a yellowish line 
on the back; body beneath spotted with black. 
rom one to two inches long. Body pimpled,, 
dirty yellow. 
Section B. Body smooth, more oblong ; legs 
longer. Frogs. 
pipens, (croaking frog,) green with numerous ocel- 
late spots, surrounded with a yellowish ring. 
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