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CONTENTS

I. THE AMPHIBIA IN GENERAL AND FROGS IN PARTICULAR i
II. THE HABITS AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FROG . 23
III. EXTERNAL CHARACTERS OF THE FROG • . . .62
IV. PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE 68
V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FROG . . . . 81 /
VI. HISTOLOGY OF THE FROG . . . . . .121
VII. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND ITS FUNCTIONS . .134
VIII. THE VOCAL AND RESPIRATORY ORGANS . . . 165
IX. THE SKIN 179
X. THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM 201
XI. THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND THE FAT BODIES . 212
XII. INTERNAL SECRETION AND THE DUCTLESS GLANDS . 219
XIII. THE SKELETON 229
XIV. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM 246
XV. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM 258
XVI. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 283
XVII. THE SENSE ORGANS 321
XVIII. INSTINCTS AND TROPISMS AS RELATED TO REFLEX
ACTION 342
XIX. THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE FROG . . . .353
INDEX 359