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markable fact concerning this animal is its power to restore 

 destroyed and removed limbs in a year ; the leg being re- 

 stored again and again if destroyed. Even in the case of 

 an entirely extirpated eye, the whole organ, with all its 

 multiplexity and delicacy of anatomical structure, is repro- 

 duced in less than eighteen months. Palatine teeth, trans- 

 verse series, tongue adherent, tail compressed, fingers four, 

 toes five, more or less palmated at root. 



TRITON Dorsalis, (Harlan.) NOTOPTHALMUS Yirides- 

 cens, (Bd.) Millipunctatus of Dekay. Crimson - spotted 

 triton. This is a hardy newt, "full of life in winter, 

 even swimming under ice as lively as in summer, and only 

 torpid in extremely cold weather." (Holbrook.) It is 

 found in almost every pool, spring, and stream of water in 

 its range, which "extends from one end of the Atlantic 

 States to the other." It feeds on insects, and casts its skin 

 in June, (Storer.) Color, olive, with crimson spots bordered 

 with black ; length, three to four inches. 



TRITON Nigra, (Hoi.) DESMOGNATHUS Niger, (Bd.) 

 The dusky triton is entirely aquatic in its habits. Color, 

 blackish, with small white spots on sides, tail much com- 

 pressed, (the tails of all the tritons are compressed.) Length, 

 four to six inches ; range, Atlantic States from latitude 43 

 to Gulf of Mexico. A rare species in the waters of the 

 mountain. 



TRITON Porphyriticus, (Green.) PLETHODON Glutino- 

 sum, (Tsch.) The gray-spotted triton. Black, with grayish 

 spots ; length, seven inches. Only locality Western Penn- 

 sylvania. (?) 



The gelatinous ropes and coiled globular bunches of the 

 spawn, containing the eggs and young of the salamanders, are 

 found in all pools, puddles, or spots containing water, and 

 which have no fish in them. Where there are fish, the eggs 

 and young, with their enveloping mass, are destroyed. The 

 precaution of the salamander is so great on this point that 

 its eggs are frequently deposited in the drains and ruts, or 

 wheel-tracks of roads, or any accidental puddle which may 



