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instance, indulges in a shrill treble ; the Rana typhonica, or 

 hurricane frog, has a fine baritone voice, which he exercises in 

 rapid passages on the approach of tropical storms ; and the bull 

 frog has a bass which may be heard for miles. There is the 

 clamorous frog of North America, a noisy fellow in all proba- 

 bility, always annexing his neighbour's property. To give full 

 expression to his vocal exercises, which the envious call clamour, 

 is as much the nature of the frog, as to develop the muscular 

 capabilities of his finely developed limbs. The frog can also do 

 something with his voice besides sing. The Rana temporaria 

 possesses the ability of making a noise by night, like that of an 

 angry man. Very likely he is angry ; no snails for supper, 

 perhaps, or his bed not quite damp enough. Water newts and 

 their habits were described, and the superstitions connected 

 with their supposed going down the throats of animals and 

 men, and the paper closed with some reference to snakes. 



The election of some new members brought the meeting to a 

 close. 



The fourth meeting of the Winter Session was held on 

 Tuesday evening, January 20th, the chair being taken by the 

 President. The first business of the evening was the considera- 

 tion of a proposal by the Committee that the library of the 

 Club should be handed over in toto to the Belfast Free Public 

 Library. Mr. F. W. Lockwood, Senior Secretary, in bringing 

 the matter forward, said that the Club had received from time to 

 time, as donations or in exchange for their Annual Proceedings, 

 a number of scientific works and Proceedings of scientific 

 societies, some of these, such as the splendid books on Canadian 

 geology, presented to the Club by the Marquis of Dufferin, 

 being of high value. The Club having no rooms of their own, 

 difficulties had arisen as to the proper displaying and cataloguing 

 of these works ; and, taking into consideration also the fact that 

 they were at present accessible only to the comparatively 

 limited circle of the Club's members, the Committee now asked 



