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(4) There is befides this a lefs greerr frog^ 
which is very common about houfes : their notes 
are remarkably like that of young chickens : thefe 
raife their chorus immediately preceding a Ihower 
of rain, with which they leem delighted, 
(5) A little grey fpeckled frog is in prodigi- 
60 s numbers in. and about the ponds and favannas 
on high land, particularly in Pine forefts: their lan- 
guage or noife is alio uttered ia chorus, by large 
communities or feparate bands; each particular 
note refembles the noife made by ftriking 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 
fijdden flow of wind, is very furprifmg, and does 
not ill referable the rufhing noife made by a vafl: 
quantity of gravel and pebbles together* at once 
precipitated from a great height. 
(6) There is yet a n extreme diminutive Ipecies 
of frogs, which inhabits the grafly 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 leen in incredible multi- 
tudes clambering up the tall grafs, weed, &c. round 
she verges of the lavannas, bordering on the higher 
ground; and by an inattentive perfon might be ta- 
ken for fpiders or other infers. Their note is very 
feeble, not unlike the chattering of young birds or 
crickets, 
(7) The ihad frog,, fo called in Pennfylvania from 
their appearing and croaking in the fpring feafon, 
at the time the peoplfe filh for lhad: this is a 
beautiful 
