102 SALAMANDRA SALMONEA. 



yellowish-brown, with greyish marks; the flanks and sides of the tail are salmon 

 colour, with a tinge of yellow; the thorax and abdomen are white; the under 

 surface of the tail is pale salmon colour. The anterior extremities are yellowish- 

 brown above and clear white below; the posterior are of similar colour, both above 

 and below. 



Dimensions. Length of head to anterior extremities, 1 inch; body from anterior 

 extremities to vent, 2j inches; tail beyond the vent, 2i inches; total, 65 inches. 



Habits. But little is known of the habits of the Salamandra salmonea; it was 

 found on land, in a moist situation, among the mountains of Vermont, by Dr. 

 Binney, who kept it alive for nearly a year by feeding it on flies, which it devoured 

 very greedily. 



Geographical Distribution. For the present, I would put down Vermont and 

 Massachusetts, as the only two specimens hitherto observed were found, one in 

 the neighbourhood of Danvers, in Massachusetts, and the other at the Green 

 Mountains of Vermont. 



General Remarks. I have never had an opportunity of examining this animal 

 alive, but can answer for the correctness of the drawinnr and colouring through 

 my friend Dr. Storer, of Boston, to whom this description is due. 



