158 SALAMANDRADA. 
within three miles of Poole, in Dorsetshire, on the heath 
between Constitution Hill and Kinson.” It is extremely 
probable that it will be found to be much more gener- 
ally distributed than has hitherto appeared. Mr. James 
Salter has communicated the following facts respecting 
those found in the latter locality, which appear to me 
too interesting to be lost. This letter is dated December 
13, 1848 :— I took from this pond eight or ten males 
and several females. The males were brighter coloured 
than those I took in the Isle of Wight, but in other 
respects the same. I scraped from the bottom of the 
pond, owt of the mud, a male L. punctatus, and its semi- 
torpid state contrasted greatly with the vigour and activi- 
ty of the other species. A female L. palmipes had in its 
stomach a good-sized, whole, recently taken earth-worm. 
‘“‘ It is worthy of remark, that in no ponds where there 
were hundreds of LZ. punctatus in the summer, have I been 
able to find any now in the adult state, excepting the 
single individual before referred to. I have, however, 
found hosts of very young ones, some just above the tad- 
pole state, with only two legs, and others with four legs 
and large branchie. Is not this very remarkable for the 
13th of December ? 
“In the pond where I took ZL. palmipes, there were 
young ones about as far advanced, and these were pal- 
mipes, as the appendiculate tail was already conspicuous. 
In this latter pond there were also thousands of very small 
tadpoles, not above a week old, if so much; these were 
doubtless palmipes also. 
“T have thus had an opportunity of observing its win- 
ter, and comparing it with its summer, dress. The differ- 
ences are these: In winter the dorsal crest is diminished 
by about one-third, although it is never very deep, and the 
