1868.] 201 * [AUen. 



several others have been detected in the adjoining States which in all 

 probability occur in this. 



The Painted Salamander (^Desmognaihus fuscus Baird; Salamandra 

 picla Harlan, Storer's Rep. , p. 251) seems equally rare in this State 

 with the preceding. Dr. Storer includes it in his Report on the 

 authority of Dr. Pickering, who, he says, informed him that a speci- 

 men had been taken at Ipswich. It is mentioned by Dr. Holbrook 

 as Triton nigra, who in saying that " Dr. Pickering found it near 

 Salem," doubtless alludes to the same specimen. DeKay gives it a 

 place in the New York Fauna, on the ground of its having been 

 seen " both in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania." Prof. Verrill gives 

 it from Maine. 



The Brown-spotted or Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber Tschudi ; 

 Salamandra maculata Green, Storer's Rep., p. 252) was given by 

 Dr. Storer as an animal of Massachusetts fi-om a single young 

 specimen having been found " in a pond in Groton " by Dr. J. W. 

 Randall. Prof. Verrill gives it as " frequent " in Maine, where he has 

 found it in "cold rocky brooks"; Dr. DeKay says it is one of the 

 commonest species in the State of New York. Hence it is probably 

 not rare in Massachusetts, though we have not met with it. 



Dr. Holbrook assigns to Massachusetts the Long-tailed Salamander 

 (Spelerpes longicauda Baird; Salamandra longicauda of Dr. Smith's 

 List, in Hitchcock's Geological Report of 1835), and also the Tiger 

 Triton (Amblgstoina tigrinmn Baird; Triton tigrinum Holbr., Herp., 

 V, 79, pi. 26; S. tigrina of Dr. Smith's List), on the authority of Dr. 

 Smith. Dr. Storer appears to have thought that both might be 

 found here, but Dr. Emmons, on whose authority they are given by 

 Dr. Smith, informed him, he says, that he thought he had seen a 

 specimen of each; but added, " I will not take the responsibility of 

 giving these two species as inhabitants of the Bay State; " hence Dr. 

 Storer thought best not to include them in his Report. The former, 

 having been observed at Albany, New York, by Dr. Green, and 

 occurring also, according to DeKay, near New York City, may possi- 

 bly be found in this State, but I have not learned of an instance of 

 its capture here. The Violet-colored Salamander (Amblystoma punc- 

 tatum Baird) may have been mistaken for the Tiger Triton (Amblys- 

 toma tigrinum Baii'd) , the two species very strongly resembling each 

 other in color and general character. I can find no positive record 

 of its capture east of Central New York, though Holbrook gives its 

 habitat as " New Jersey to Massachusetts." 



