226 FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE. 



the Common Newt, which may be present in small 

 numbers, or absent altogether. Mr. J. Steele Elliot 

 reports that the Palmate Newt is extremely numerous 

 in the Wyre Forest, and the author has received it from 

 the neighbourhood of Shifnal. He has not found it near 

 Shrewsbury, but there is little doubt that further search 

 would reveal other Shropshire localities for the species. 

 Average length, 3 inches. 



