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(4) There is befides this a lefs green frog, 
which is very common about houfes : their notes 
are remarkably like that of young chickens : thefe 
raife their chorus immediately preceding a fhower 
of rain, with which they feem delighted. 
(5) A little grey fpeckled frog is in prodigi- 
ous numbers in and about the ponds and favannas 
on high land, particularly in Pine forefts : their lan- 
guage or noife is alfo uttered in chorus, by large 
communities or feparate bands ; each particular 
note refembles the noife made by {hiking two peb- 
bles together under the furface of the water, which 
when thoufands near you utter their notes at the 
fame time, and is wafted to your ears by a 
fudden flow of wind, is very furprifing, and does 
not ill referable the rufhing noife made by a vail 
quantity of gravel and pebbles together, at once 
precipitated from a great height. 
(6) There is yet an extreme diminutive fpecies 
of frogs, which inhabits the graffy verges of ponds 
in favannas : thefe are called favanna crickets, are 
of a dark afh or dufky colour, and have a very 
picked nofe. At the times of very great rains, in 
the autumn, when the favannas are in a manner 
inundated, they are to be feen in incredible multi- 
tudes clambering up the tall grafs, weed, &c. round 
the verges of the favannas, bordering on the higher 
ground ; and by an inattentive perfon might be ta- 
ken fbr ipiders or other infedts. Their note is very 
feeble, not unlike the chattering of young birds or 
e. ickets. 
(7) The {had frog, fo called in Penfylvania from 
their appearing and croaking in the fpring feafon, 
at the time the people fifh for fhad : * u!p - 
