20 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



arrangement of black and yellow markings. In the case of a 

 single young Salamander, born on June 6th, 1889, which 

 acquired the adult form and colour about the second day of 

 August following, the cast-off skin was found on that day entire 

 and in the water. 



The young animals born during the past summer hardly ever 

 leave their hiding-places to roam about at night, or take a bath, 

 as it is the habit of their elders to do at times all through the 

 winter. They have also taken very little food since October, 

 though up to Nov. 26th, when the smallest of them devoured a 

 comparatively large worm, they have continued to feed occa- 

 sionally. 



The pale yellow individual described above measured, on 

 i Nov. 10th, exactly three inches, another of them being only just 

 under that length. Assuming that these two were born on May 

 3rd, when the first tadpoles were produced, and which is most 

 probable, their age would be just over six months and three 

 weeks, but they may of course have been born later. 



On lifting the piece of bark under which they now live, on 

 the evening of Dec. 13th, I found one young Salamander hungry 

 enough to devour a worm offered it. They do not seem to object 

 to the light of a lamp or candle being suddenly thrown upon 

 them, unless the source of light be brought nearer to them than 

 a foot or eighteen inches. They greatly disliked being touched 

 by a beetle which found its way into the vivarium. If, while 

 rambling about, this insect happened to come in contact with 

 one of them, the little Salamander would jerk itself aside as if 

 much annoyed, and make off at a pretty quick pace. 



