Upper Picture. RED EFT OR VER- 

 MILION-SPOTTED NEWT. 



Lower Picture. RED BACKED SA- 

 LAMANDER. 



LIZARDS, NEWTS AND SALAMANDERS 391 



This must not 

 be confused with | 

 the vermilion- 

 spotted newt, as 

 it differs from it 

 in both size, 

 habits and ap- 

 pearance. It is 

 of a brilliant 

 vermilion color, 

 disagreeable to 

 handle because 

 it is very slimy 

 whereas the lit- 

 tle red efts are 

 not at all unpleasant to handle and not in the least 

 slimy. The red salamander shown here was about 

 six inches long, covered with black spots and ex- 

 tremely lively. It also is nocturnal in its habits, but 

 the one we kept in confinement would come out 

 of its concealment much more frequently than did 

 its dark-colored, spotted companion. The draw- 

 ings reproduced here in half-tone were made in 

 colors, but to reproduce in colors all the numerous 

 illustrations in this book would add so much to 

 the expense as practically to put it out of the reach 

 of boys and young people for whom it was written. 

 I have already said that I knew very little about 

 the 

 LIFE HISTORY OF THE COMMON SALAMANDERS, 



newts and lizards, and from my experience in re- 



