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writer has collected it. On the mainland it is remarkably 

 uniform in size and coloration, but on P. E. Island it attains a 

 larger size, and presents such variation in the proportion of parts, 

 and in coloration as to call for special mention. 



1. The average length is about 130 mm. 



2. Much greater length from axilla to groin as compared with 

 that from the muzzle to axilla. 



3. Tail longer than head and body, vent included. 



4. Profile nearly straight. 



5. Crest-margins of lenticular space approximated and nearly 

 l>arallel. 



6. Sides of head less vertical, giving the appearance of greater 

 width of jaw and less interorbital space. 



7. The appressed limbs just touch instead of overlapping 

 considerably. 



8. The color pattern is complex. A dark stripe of coalescing 

 spots along the side from the axilla to the end of the tail, res- 

 tricted on the latter to the lower half of the lateral surface. A 

 similar one above this on tail from a point above the insertion of 

 the hind leg to the end of the caudal. The two separated by a 

 yellow narrow stripe, and the inferior border of the tail also 

 yellowish- white. This newt was found at only one station, 

 Afton Lake, and is a strongly marked local variety. Nova Scotia 

 (MacKay); Ontario (Macoun); Westward to Hudson Bay Terri- 

 tory (Smithsonian Institution). 



U. V. miniatus Rntines(]ue. 



The Red or Vermillion Est is l)ut a seasonal stage of the last 

 species and can usually l)e found in the immediate vicinity of 

 lakes and ponds containing the aquatic variety. Its delicate 

 form and bright colors, glinting and sparkling when exposed to 

 the sun. make it as attractive and charming to the observer as 

 its strange life-history is interesting and instructive to the 

 naturalist. No exanijWe of mtntaii/s was found by the writer in 

 Gaspe where the aquatic forms occurred, which might imply 

 that the terrestrial stage in development may not obtain in its 

 mo«t northern range. 



