OVERTOX : LONG ISLAND FROGS AND TOADS. ,^9 
the onl.v place wiiere I have foniul them is at Wading Ri\-er. There 
the\ are abundant in two ponds. 
The bull frog looks like a big edition of the green frog. Its size is 
startlingly large, and specimens frequentl.v measure over eight inches in 
the length of their bodies. An\- Long Island frog that measures a foot 
from the tip of its no.se to the ends of its toes must be a bull frog. 
The volume of a bull frog's voice corresponds to the size of its bod\-. 
Its sound re.sembles the bellowing of a bull. The frog bellows about 
once a second for four or five .seconds, then is silent for about five 
minutes, when it begins again, and continues the i)erformance all through 
the night. 
While a bull frog bellows, it swells out its throat and the sides of its 
head as a green frog does. It sings while it is sitting quietly, half 
submerged in shallow water. It often keeps the same position for half 
an hour. One ma\- readily ajiproach and photograph it. The Inill frogs 
are the last of our Long Island frogs to start croaking in the s])ring. 
Their chorus is usually- at its height during the last week in June. 
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