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it is said to be very abundant; but this 
surely does not apply to the District 
of Columbia, where I have collected 
salamanders for many years, and where 
I have never taken a single individual of 
this species. 
When trying to escape from the han, 
the Slimy Salamander often attempts to 
do so by quite an active little jump in a 
horizontal direction; but the attempt is 
feeble. As a matter of fact, it is a gentle 
little creature, and, in my eyes, a very 
pretty one. It has earned its scientific 
and common names from the slimy exu- 
dation from its skin—a clear, sticky mu- 
cous, a product of the dermal glands. The 
species is a typical land one, and to some 
extent of nocturnal habits. It will also 
come out from its hiding places under 
logs, flat stones, and leaf-masses in rainy 
weather. Doubtless it lives upon the 
same character of food as do other sala- 
manders allied to it—small worms of 
various kinds, and certain insects, such 
as it can capture. In captivity, I doubt 
not but that it would take bits of raw 
meat; but I made no trials along such 
lines, as I had, at that time, quite a list 
of living things in my study to photo- 
graph. 
Philadelphia Goldfish Fanciers 
The September meeting of the Phila- 
delphia Goldfish Fanciers’ Society was 
held on the 19th, at 804 West Girard 
avenue. 
The public sale of fishes, with George 
B. Smith as auctioneer, resulted in a 
gratifying addition to the funds of the 
organization. 
New members: 
ert Spalding. 
Next meeting, October 17th. Com- 
petition for telescopes, scaled and scale- 
less, more than one year old. A silver 
cup and three ribbons will be awarded 
in each class. Entries for the House- 
John Korn and Rob- 
hold Aquarium Contest must be made at 
this meeting. An award will not be made 
unless at least six aquaria are entered.— 
FreD RICHARDSON, Secretary. 
The Essex Exhibition 
The second annual exhibition of the 
Essex County Aquarium Society was 
held in the Newark Free Library, Sep- 
tember 13th to 16th. ‘The attendance 
was large, due, no doubt, to the co-oper- 
ation of the local newspapers. Inasmuch 
as five silver cups and many ribbons 
were to be awarded, the rivalry among 
the individual aquarists ran high. The 
tropical fishes were judged by Mr. Ed- 
ward Kiernan, and the goldfish breeds 
by Mr. Richard Dorn. Awards were 
made as follows: 
Cup for best goldfish entered by a 
member to Rev. B. J. Coltorti; cup for 
best paw, of tropical fish, NaC. Mer 
Breder, Jr.; cup for largest entry by a 
member, Mr. Charles Thomas; cup for 
largest entry by a non-member, Mr. F. 
W. Hadden; cup for society having the 
largest aggregate entry by members, the 
Brooklyn Aquarium Society. 
Scaleless Goldfish: ist and 2nd. Rev. 
B. J. Coltorti (Broadtail Telescopes) ; 
arch, 18, We Jeleaclken (bine jays). 
O paque-scaled Goldfish: ist and 2nd. 
F. W. Hedden (Telescope Moors and 
Lionheads) ; 3rd, Dr. William  Bach- 
mann (Fringetail Japs). 
Tropical Fishes: Paradise Fish; rst, 
William Tricker; 2nd and 3rd, Frank 
Storsberg. Trichogaster fasciatus; 2nd, 
Cea Breders iiss sLolycanthiusmcdayar 
st CouMa Bredem  i|imuelatyooecilus 
maculatus rubra; Ist and 2nd, C. H. 
Peters; 3rd, Mrs. William Ball. Mol- 
lienisia latipinna; 2nd, C. M. Breder, Jr. 
Xiphophorus helleri, single and double 
stripe ; Ist on each, William Tricker ; 3rd 
Om. Sima@le Gioipe, S. CG, lahimes; Caine 
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