212 The Under-Water World 



The oviduct of the female protruded 

 from her body more than an inch in 

 length, and the bladder-like protrusion, 

 being retroverted, passed under the belly 

 of the male on to her own back. The 

 male appeared to press lightly upon this 

 protrusion and to squeeze it from side 

 to side, apparently pressing the eggs 

 forward, one by one, to the back of the 

 female. By this movement the eggs 

 were spread with almost uniform smooth- 

 ness over the whole of the surface of the 

 back of the female, to which they became 

 firmly adherent. On the operation being 

 completed the males left their places on 

 the females and the enlarged and pro- 

 jected oviduct gradually disappeared." 



The tailed amphibians, represented in 

 Engand by three species of newts, are 

 provided with two pairs of limbs, ex- 

 ceptionally, however, only one pair. The 

 body is always elongate, almost eel- 

 shaped in certain forms where the limbs 



