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 822 HORNED FROG HORNEMANN was educated at Christ's hospital, became a clerk in a barrister's office, and in his 19th year published his " Brief View of the Necessity and Truth of the Christian Revelation." He pro- duced in 1818 his " Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures," and was admitted to holy orders. He also pub- lished " Introduction to the Study of Bibliogra- phy " (2 vols., 1814) ; an edition of the works of Hogarth (2 vols., 1821) ; " Manual for the Afflicted" (1832); "Protestant Memorial" (1835); "Manual of Biblical Bibliography" (1839); "Mariolatry, or Facts and Evidences demonstrating the Worship of the Virgin Mary by the Church of Rome" (1840); and "Po- pery the Enemy and Falsifier of Scripture" (1844). But his principal work is the " Intro- duction " to the Scriptures, which has been often republished. HORNED FROG, or Horned Toad, an iguanian lizard of the genus phrynosoma (Wiegmann). In its general aspect it somewhat resembles a frog, and in its sluggishness a toad, hence the com- mon names ; but it is a true lizard, and in no respect a batrachian. The genus, which com- prises about half a dozen species, all North American, is characterized by a more or less circular or oval body, flattened and covered with tuberculated scales ; head short, triangu- lar, with prominent vertex, and sharp spines or rough knobs ; the temporal region much de- veloped ; neck very short and with transverse folds underneath; nostrils lateral, near the snout ; tympanum visible but depressed ; den- tated margin on the flanks ; no spinal or cau- dal crest ; tail short and conical, with similar spiny scales ; legs of nearly equal length and size, with five toes on each, moderate, the sec- ond the longest, and with sharp and curved nails ; femoral pores, but no anal present. The species are found in California, Oregon, Mexi- co, and the S. W. states. For full descriptions Phrynosoma cornutum. of the species by Messrs. Baird and Girard, see Capt. Stansbury's "Expedition to Great Salt Lake," and vol. ii. of the " Mexican Boundary Survey." The best known species is the P. cornutum, about 4 inches long ; the general color above is a dusky gray, with black bars and markings; below, silvery white. This species is not unfrequently carried to the north from Texas ; in confinement it is sluggish and will rarely take food, but it is said to be active in pursuit of its insect prey in the wild state ; it is very gentle in its disposition. It passes Ceratophrys cornuta. the winter in a state of lethargy in holes dug by various rodents, appearing about April and disappearing about October, at which seasons travellers are frequently annoyed by their seek- ing shelter from the cold night air in the folds of their blankets ; their spiny covering makes them not very comfortable bedfellows. This name has also been given to a true batrachian, a frog of the genus ceratophrys, in which the head is more or less roughened and spiny ; it is three times as large as the common frog, with an enormous mouth. All the species live in tropical South America, and feed upon small rodents, birds, other frogs, toads, and mollusks. HORNED POUT. See CATFISH. HORNELLSVILLE, a town and village of Steu- ben co., New York, at the junction of Canaca- dea creek with the Canisteo river, and at the intersection of the Buffalo division with the main line of the Erie railway, 200 m. W. by S. of Albany, and 90 m. by rail S. E. of Buffalo ; pop. of the town in 1870, 5,837; of the village, 4,552. The village contains a sash and blind factory, several car factories, a boot and shoe and a mowing machine factory, tanneries, two banks, six hotels, and one tri-weekly and three weekly newspapers. HORNE3IANN, Friedrieli Ronrad, a German trav- eller, born hi Hildesheim in October, 1772, and last heard from April 7, 1800. He studied theology at Gottingen, and became a teacher in Hanover. Under the auspices of the Afri- can society of London he went to Egypt in 1797, and after various vicissitudes reached Moorzook, when he and his companion Freu- denburg were taken ill, and the latter died. Immediately after his recovery he proceeded to Tripoli, whence he forwarded the itinerary