. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. TIIK N'litiii'iil J fist, utti'i'inp its cii cliir]) with continual ivitPiation, oven in cn]>tivity. Should it \m silent, iin ovcnt sdMielinu's ^really to hr wished, it I'lin at any tinin Ik; roused to ntteranro liv sprinkling,' it with water. It is easily tamed, learns to know ita owner, and will tako thcs tVoni his iiand. This spceics fre(|uents the borders of stnf^nant pools, and is freipipntly found on tho of iiipuitic i>Iunts iinil
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. TIIK N'litiii'iil J fist, utti'i'inp its cii cliir]) with continual ivitPiation, oven in cn]>tivity. Should it \m silent, iin ovcnt sdMielinu's ^really to hr wished, it I'lin at any tinin Ik; roused to ntteranro liv sprinkling,' it with water. It is easily tamed, learns to know ita owner, and will tako thcs tVoni his iiand. This spceics fre(|uents the borders of stnf^nant pools, and is freipipntly found on tho of iiipuitic i>Iunts iinil of shrubs that overhiinj^ tho water. It is not, however, jHiSsessed of such slruiin^iy adlie- ive powers as t\w true Tree- l-'yi us, and is unaliU; to sustain itsi'lf on the under sid(! of a jeat. It is very active, as may be s\ir- luised fnmi the slender body and very lon<; hind-h%'s, and, when tiiLihtened, can take considerabk; I, .ipsfor the ]airpose of avoidin,ii,- tlie object of its terror. Tia' colour of this s]iecies is ii-iiH'uish brown ubfjvc, diversified by several larii,(! oblonj,' spots edi,'ed with wiiite, and a streak of jireen, or sometimes ciiestnut, wliirh runs alon^' tla; spine and divides at the back of the head, sendinff off a branch to each eye. Tiie le^s are banded with dark- lirowii, and the under surface is yellowish j^rey with a slight tiniic ill' pink. It is Imt ii little creature, measuriu,!;- only an inch anil a half ill lelie;th. Another species (///y/a (arolmeim's) is sometimes called by the same popular title, because its voice, like that of the preceding species, bears some resemblance to that of u cricket. Being one of the true Tree-Frogs, it is not a frequenter of the water, but proceeds to the topmost branches of trees, and there chirfis durin<.. SAVANNAH CUICKKT I' the night. Another family, containing the well-known Tree-Frog of Flurope, has the toes webbed, au'l I lie processes of the vertebra- flattened. The best-known species
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