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and specimens which I have measured, ran from 

 five and one-half to six inches long. 



THE SPOTTED SALAMANDER 



delights in living in the muck and mud and only 

 comes out at night. The one which I kept in cap- 

 tivity for about a year fed on angle worms. It 

 was not very lively, and if it was guilty of any 

 interesting performances they were done while I 

 was asleep. 



THE LITTLE BROWN SALAMANDER 



known as the red-backed salamander, on account 

 of a reddish brown streak extending from its nose 

 along its back to the tip end of its tail, is very plen- 

 tiful in the woods of Pennsylvania. It lives under 

 sticks and stones and wet rags, in rotten stumps, 

 under damp fallen leaves, or any place which 

 affords moisture. Its life history is unknown to 

 me, but it makes a good companion in a collection 

 of the vermilion-spotted newts, and lives with 

 these little creatures, if not on terms of friendship, 

 at least as an inoffensive companion. 



To supplement my drawing of these creatures I 

 have introduced some most excellent photographs 

 taken from live specimens, and with them is the 

 photograph of the 



RED SALAMANDER. 



