44 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. 



This species is common on the west side of Lake 

 Cliamplain, in Essex County, N. Y., in southern New 

 England, in the southern Catskills (at Pine Hill), and 

 in JSIew Jersey, at least according to my experience 

 and that of several others. Its distribution, however, 

 is quite parallel with that of Plethodon cinereus. At 

 his home in New Jersey, Dr. Abbott once shook one 

 from a stick of wood which he was about to place on 

 the lire, and the creature, instead of supporting its 

 reputation of being a "fire-eater," scampered away 

 from the hearth in frantic alarm. 



Another species closely allied to the above, but 

 stouter in figure, called Plethodon glutinosus, the 



Plethodon glutinosiis. 



sticky salamander, has a wide range from Maine to 

 Texas. Professor Cope says he found it more abun- 

 dant in Pennsylvania and New York than in south- 

 western Virginia. It is also said to be common in 

 Massachusetts and Maine.* The skin of this sala- 

 mander is everywhere lined with little glands which 



* Vide Batrachia of North America. Cope. 



