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  kanid.t:. 
  

  

  on 
  tlie 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  tarsus 
  near 
  its 
  articulation 
  

   with 
  the 
  tibia. 
  Two 
  bones 
  in 
  the 
  distal 
  tarsal 
  row, 
  

   and 
  two 
  in 
  the 
  prsehallux. 
  Terminal 
  phalanges 
  obtuse. 
  

   The 
  different 
  races 
  are 
  only 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  

   proportions 
  of 
  the 
  femur 
  and 
  crus 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  prsehallux, 
  as 
  indicated 
  externally. 
  

  

  Measurkmeni 
  

  

  s 
  (in 
  

  

  millime 
  

  

  tres). 
  

  

  

  

  

  Tar. 
  ridibunda. 
  

  

  F. 
  

  

  typ 
  

  

  ica. 
  

  

  Yar. 
  lesson 
  se. 
  

  

  

  s 
  

  

  ? 
  

  

  s 
  

  

  ? 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  skull 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  26 
  ... 
  

  

  33 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  21 
  

  

  

  27 
  ... 
  

  

  16 
  .. 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  skull 
  . 
  

  

  .29 
  

  

  37 
  . 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  

  31 
  ... 
  

  

  17 
  .. 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  Least 
  interorbital 
  width 
  35 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  4 
  . 
  

  

  '.'. 
  "3 
  

  

  

  35... 
  

  

  25.. 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  vertebral 
  column 
  28 
  ... 
  

  

  35 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  21 
  

  

  

  30 
  ... 
  

  

  16 
  .. 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  Urostyle 
  

  

  . 
  26 
  ... 
  

  

  37 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  21 
  

  

  

  28 
  ... 
  

  

  14 
  .. 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  Humerus 
  

  

  . 
  23 
  ... 
  

  

  28 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  19 
  

  

  

  23 
  ... 
  

  

  14 
  .. 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  Radius-ulna 
  

  

  . 
  14 
  ... 
  

  

  17 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  13 
  

  

  

  15 
  ... 
  

  

  S 
  .. 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  Manns 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  21 
  ... 
  

  

  27 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  19 
  

  

  

  22 
  

  

  14 
  .. 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  Pelvis 
  

  

  . 
  33 
  ... 
  

  

  45 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  28 
  

  

  

  37 
  '.'.'. 
  

  

  19 
  .. 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  Femur 
  

  

  . 
  38 
  ... 
  

  

  47 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  32 
  

  

  

  38 
  ... 
  

  

  20 
  .. 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  Tibia 
  

  

  . 
  42 
  ... 
  

  

  51 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  33 
  

  

  

  38 
  ... 
  

  

  21 
  .. 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  Tarsus 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  20 
  ... 
  

  

  25 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  17 
  

  

  

  19 
  ... 
  

  

  12 
  .. 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  Pes 
  

  

  . 
  42 
  ... 
  

  

  53 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  40 
  

  

  

  43 
  ... 
  

  

  28 
  .. 
  

  

  34 
  

  

  Habits. 
  — 
  The 
  

  

  so-called 
  " 
  edible 
  

  

  frog;" 
  is 
  

  

  the 
  most 
  

  

  aquatic 
  of 
  our 
  Batrachians. 
  The 
  young 
  are 
  some- 
  

   times 
  found 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  water, 
  but 
  the 
  

   adults 
  keep 
  to 
  ponds 
  and 
  ditches 
  or 
  even 
  rivers 
  (var. 
  

   ridibunda) 
  and 
  their 
  banks, 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  

   found 
  sunning 
  themselves 
  on 
  fine 
  days, 
  ready 
  to 
  

   plunge 
  into 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  the 
  least 
  disturbance 
  and 
  

   conceal 
  themselves 
  for 
  a 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  mud. 
  Their 
  

   loud 
  and 
  varied 
  croaking, 
  — 
  brekehe 
  and 
  croax 
  being 
  the 
  

   most 
  characteristic 
  utterances, 
  — 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  indulge 
  

   day 
  and 
  night, 
  especially 
  during 
  the 
  breeding 
  season, 
  

   has 
  attracted 
  notice 
  from 
  the 
  most 
  remote 
  antiquity. 
  

   The 
  flesh 
  of 
  their 
  hind 
  quarters 
  is 
  much 
  esteemed 
  as 
  

   a 
  delicacy, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  appearance 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  in 
  spring, 
  //. 
  temjporaria 
  is 
  the 
  kind 
  drawn 
  

   upon 
  on 
  the 
  Brussels, 
  Paris, 
  and 
  Geneva 
  markets 
  

   during 
  Lent-time, 
  at 
  which 
  season 
  great 
  quantities 
  are 
  

   consumed, 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  spring 
  and 
  summer 
  this 
  species 
  

   is 
  more 
  easily 
  procured 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  and 
  there 
  

  

  