. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. THE CROAKERS. 27 frog has a browner color, larger eyes, longer fingers, and longer but less webbed feet. According to Pro- fessor Cope, the variations of Rana septentrionalis are greater than those of any other North American species of this genus. The northern frog is about two inches long in maturity, and is found only in the north country from Garrison's Creek, near Sackett's Hai'bor (Lake Ontario), IST. Y., northward to Canada, and westward to Minnesota. Dr. J. H. Gamier, who has given a detailed ac-
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. THE CROAKERS. 27 frog has a browner color, larger eyes, longer fingers, and longer but less webbed feet. According to Pro- fessor Cope, the variations of Rana septentrionalis are greater than those of any other North American species of this genus. The northern frog is about two inches long in maturity, and is found only in the north country from Garrison's Creek, near Sackett's Hai'bor (Lake Ontario), IST. Y., northward to Canada, and westward to Minnesota. Dr. J. H. Gamier, who has given a detailed ac- count of the habits of this species as observed by him at Lucknow, Ontario, says it pos- sesses the odor of the mink, and is particularly offensive on being handled. It is a thoroughly aquat- ic species, which seeks its food— insects and small fishes — in the water only. I know nothing of its voice. The green frog {Rana damata)—or the noisy frog, as his Latin specific title would seem to sug- gest (a very common batrachian, about three inches. Green Frog (Bana clamata).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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