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During one very warm afternoon I captured over 70 by 

 splitting away schistose rock and breaking up shale at the 

 sides of a shaded road running down the southern slope of 

 the Orange Mountains. t 



Desmognathus ocrophcea Cope. 

 Yellow Salamander. 



Professor Cope says : " This small species bears a strong 

 resemblance to Spelcrpes bilineatus, and, apart from generic 

 characters, may be known from it by the rounded tail, the 

 paler-colored abdomen, and the light bar from the eye to 

 the angle of the mouth." 



Yellowish, with dark brown band above, and dots along 

 vertebral line. Dirty white below. Length, three inches, 

 of which the tail forms i.^ inches. Costal folds, 13-14. 



Described by authors as occurring in the Alleghany re- 

 gion and in the Adirondacks. The New Jersey Geol. Sur- 

 vey Report says : " Should occur in our northern counties." 

 I have heard of only one specimen near here, found at 

 Greenwood Lake by Mr. Eugene Smith, of Hoboken, N. J. 



Desmognathus fusca Rafincsquc. 

 Dusky Salamander. 



Described by DeKay as Salamandra picta. 



Brown to blackish above, varying from brown, in young 

 and decidedly aquatic specimens, to blackish in old and 

 those which live under stones near water. Pinkish spots 

 and whitish dots in some. Marbled below except central 

 portion of ventral surface, which is still less so in brown 

 specimens. Head very flat. Eyes prominent. Dorsal fur- 

 row. Tail flat and keeled. Costal folds, 14. Length, \\ 

 inches, of which the tail forms one-half. 



f I regret to say that I cannot now find my note book, but remember that the 

 date was during the latter part of July. Prof. Cope says (Batrachia of North 

 America, p. 142) that he belives that it prefers a cool climate, and adds : " ] 

 have only found it on the northern exposure of the south Chester Valley hill, 

 never on the southern exposure or other part of the north hill." 



