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5. Common or Smooth Newt—Eft. Monee vuiearis, Linn. 
TRITON PUNCTATUS, LaTR. 
Rather more abundant than the last-named and found in similar 
situations. This species, in common with the Crested Newt, is liable 
to possess additional digits on both the fore and hind feet. One 
individual taken at Stapenhill in July, 1900, and which I kept alive 
for some time, possessed five complete feet,—an additional limb being 
developed from the left shoulder. 
6. Palmated Newt. MoLGE PALMATA, SCH. 
Not recorded for Leicestershire or Derbyshire, and in only one 
instance for Staffordshire. 
Mr. J. R. B. Masefield, M.A., of Cheadle, informs me that he 
has a note of the occurrence of this interesting species of newt in 
South Staffordshire, but it would appear to be very local in the 
county, as I have been unable to meet with it in Mid-Staffordshire, 
and Mr. Masefield himself has failed to obtain it in the Cheadle 
district. 
The palmated newt, especially when immature, is doubtless fre- 
quently confused with the smooth newt, from which, however, it can 
always be distinguished by its unspotted throat, and the male in the 
breeding season by his webbed feet and the curious mucro or thread 
at the end of his tail. The body also has an oblong section, being 
flattened above and at the sides in a manner not seen in our other 
British species. 
Bat Fem, 
