168 OUR REPTILES. 



and terminating in a slender filament three lines 

 in length. 



2nd. Hind feet perfectly palmate, all the toes 

 united by a membrane. 



3rd. The dorsal crest small and simple. 



4th. Size much smaller than the smooth newt 

 (Lophinus punctatus). 



I have fully ascertained the changes when the 

 breeding season is over. The slender filament 

 is absorbed, and the truncated portion of the 

 tail becomes obtusely rounded off, with a slight- 

 indurated dark tip at the end, and the web on 

 the hind feet is wholly absorbed, leaving the 

 toes free.* 



* " Annals of Natural Hist.," 2nd series, vol. xii. p. 382. 



TADPOLE OF NEWT. 



