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many boxes, which were immediately covered with a 

 thick coat of mortar. In this manner they were kept for 

 eighteen months ; when, on opening the boxes, only two 

 of them were found still living. These were imme- 

 diately re-enclosed ; but being again opened some months 

 after, it was discovered that they had perished. 



QUESTIONS ON SECT. XXIV. 



§ 427. What Reptiles belong to the Order Batrachia? 



§ 428. What is the size, color, and native country of the Bullfrog? 



§ 429. At what time and where, does the Frog deposit its eggs, and in 

 what form ? What is their number ? 



§ 430. What do you know of the development of the Frog's young? 



§ 431. On what do the young Frogs feed ; and what are Tadpoles? 



§ 432. What is the appearance of Tadpoles ? 



§ 433. What is said of the motions of Tadpoles? In what numbers 

 are they seen, and on what do they feed? 



§ 434. In what time, and how, are Tadpoles metamorphosed into per- 

 fect Frogs ? 



§ 435. What phenomenon produced the belief that Frogs descend 

 from the clouds during showers ? 



§ 436. At what age are Frogs full-grown ? 



§ 437. What facts show that Frogs are extremely tenacious of life ? 



§ 438. What do you know of the external character, abode, and food 

 of the American Toad ? 



§ 439. When, where, and how do Toads deposit their spawn ? 



§ 440. Of what character is the fluid of the warts of the Toad? 



§ 441. What do you think of the fact, that Toads have been found in 

 the heart of solid rocks or in growing trees? 



§ 442. What experiments have been made to show the impossibility 

 of Toads living a long time without air or food? 



List of Reptiles found in the State of New York, 



AND DESCRIBED BY DOCTOR J AMES E. De KAY, IN HIS 



Zoology of New York. 



1st Order: Snakes. 



1. The Black-snake. 



2. " Pilot Black-snake. 



3. " Chain-snake. 



4. " Milk-snake. 



5. " Ring-snake. 



6. " Grass-snake. 



7. " Water-snake. 



8. " Striped-snake. 



9. The Yellow-bellied Snake. 



10. " Small Brown-snake. 



11. " Ribbon-snake. 



12. " Red-snake. 



13. " Hog-nosed Snake. 



1 4. " Copperhead. 



15. " Northern Rattlesnake. 



