﻿Class 
  4. 
  AMPHIBIA. 
  

  

  Order 
  BATRACHIA 
  URODELA. 
  

   Family 
  SALAMANDMDjE. 
  

  

  Molge 
  1 
  cristata 
  (Laur.). 
  Great 
  Crested 
  Newt. 
  

  

  The 
  Crested 
  Newt 
  occurs 
  not 
  uncommonly 
  throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   our 
  area. 
  Dr. 
  Gordon 
  says 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  less 
  common 
  than 
  

   the 
  Smooth 
  Newt 
  (Fauna 
  of 
  Moray). 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  close 
  to 
  

   Abernethy 
  (fide 
  Rev. 
  W. 
  Forsyth, 
  D.D.), 
  and 
  Edward 
  records 
  it 
  

   from 
  Banff. 
  

  

  [Molge 
  vulgaris 
  (Schneid.). 
  Smooth 
  Newt. 
  

  

  Said 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  Sutherland, 
  and 
  to 
  occur 
  throughout 
  

   Moray, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  less 
  frequent 
  than 
  the 
  Crested 
  Newt 
  (Dr. 
  

   Gordon). 
  Edward 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Banff. 
  Mr. 
  Eagle 
  Clarke 
  has 
  

   received 
  many 
  newts 
  from 
  Sutherland, 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  

   Sheriff 
  Mackenzie, 
  but 
  has 
  received 
  nothing 
  except 
  the 
  Palmated 
  

   species. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  confounded 
  with 
  the 
  next 
  

   throughout 
  most 
  parts 
  of 
  Scotland.] 
  

  

  Molge 
  pal 
  mata, 
  Latr. 
  Palmated 
  Smooth 
  Newt. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  and 
  universally 
  distributed 
  Scottish 
  species. 
  It 
  

   is 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Lossie 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  Mill 
  of 
  Birnie 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  moors. 
  

   More 
  frequent 
  than 
  T. 
  punctatus 
  (=M. 
  vulgaris) 
  in 
  the 
  flat 
  of 
  

   Moray' 
  (Fauna 
  of 
  Moray, 
  ed. 
  1889, 
  p. 
  38), 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  pool 
  by 
  the 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  Lossie 
  at 
  Killas. 
  Edward 
  says 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  Banff, 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  Eagle-Clarke 
  has 
  received 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Deveron 
  valley 
  

   in 
  that 
  county, 
  sent 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Tranter. 
  

  

  1 
  Molge 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  accepted 
  generic 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Newts. 
  

  

  