50 Catalogue of the Reptiles of Connecticut. 



*5\. Salamandra picta, Harlan, Painted Salamander, East 

 Hartford. 



*52. Salamandra glutinosa, Green, Blue-spotted Salamander, 

 North ford. 



*53. Salamandra maculata, Green, Brown-spotted Salamander, 

 Canaan. 



*54. Salamandra tigrina, Green, Yellow-spotted Salamander, ? 



*55. Salamandra longicauda, Green, Long-tailed Salamander, 

 Salisbury. 



Before concluding this article, I wish to remark respecting my 

 " Catalogue of the Birds of Connecticut," that the (e\v notes 

 inclosed in brackets and signed "J. D. W.," were added after I 

 had corrected and returned the proof-sheets, and were unknown 

 to me until all the copies had been printed. I mention it here 

 with a view to explain the apparent discrepancy in notes 71 and 

 72 of that list. The latter note had evidently not been noticed 

 by Dr. J. D. W. He added the locality or habitat of " New 

 Haven" after Stratford to more than eighty species, which ren- 

 dered it necessary for the erasure of note 72. 



1 had added Nevj Haven only to the rarer birds, though the 

 Doctor had very kindly and obligingly furnished me with a list 

 of such birds as he had previously found at New Haven, and for 

 which due credit had been given in the introduction to my cata- 

 logue. 



ington, or the true dorsolis. It was supposed by Mr. Trumbull to be the latter. 

 Mr. Wm. O. Ayres has also taken it (i. e. the millepunctata) at East Hartford. 



*51. Mr. Ayres informs me this species has been taken at East Hartford. 



*52. I obtained a specimen of the blue-spotted salamander at Northford in 1842. 



*53. It is said by Dr. Dekay that this is the most common species in our coun- 

 try, and is supposed by Dr. Holbrook to be the rubra of Daudin. It is said to be 

 not uncommon in the northwest portion of the state, as I am informed by many 

 persons in that vicinity. 



*54. Dr. Holbrook remarks, Vol. Ill, p. 110, that the S. tigrina is found in the 

 norihern states from New Jersey to Massachusetts. 



*55. Mr. Frederick Plumb of Salisbury, and several other gentlemen in Canaan, 

 Litchfield County, assure me they have found this beautiful and singular species 

 in those towns. I saw a fine specimen in the New York Lyceum, (563 Broadway,) 

 that I believe was taken near Albany. 



All the salnmanders herein named are not only harmless, and ought therefore 

 not to be destroyed, except for useful preservation, but they consume immense 

 quantities of insects, and ought therefore to be preserved for the good they actu- 

 ally accomplish. 



