NO. 1874. A NEW SALAMANDER FROM lOWA—RUTHVBN. 519 



Habits. — Mr. Berry has kindly sent me the following account of 

 the habits of the specimens obtained: "The locaHty in which they 

 occurred was a basin in a tract of timber, which I should judge 

 would contain quite an amount of water in the spring months, but 

 wdiich at the time was nearly dry, although still damp. In this 

 situation we obtained them [six specimens] under decaying red cedar 

 logs. They were scarce, the six specimens representing a whole 

 day's search. They are very active." 



