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  THE 
  VERTEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  as 
  also 
  in 
  pools 
  high 
  up 
  our 
  hill-sides, 
  and 
  in 
  black 
  stagnant 
  

   peaty 
  holes, 
  and, 
  at 
  other 
  times, 
  under 
  stones 
  at 
  considerable 
  

   distances 
  from 
  water. 
  

  

  [Lophinus 
  punctatus, 
  Gray. 
  Smooth 
  Newt. 
  "Water 
  

   Ask 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  Esk." 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  heading 
  " 
  Zoology," 
  as 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  

   Banchory-Ternan, 
  in 
  the 
  N. 
  S. 
  A. 
  of 
  Kincardineshire, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  

   that 
  " 
  there 
  are 
  the 
  Triton 
  aquaticus 
  and 
  the 
  T. 
  palustris, 
  the 
  

   Water 
  and 
  the 
  Warty 
  Eft;" 
  but 
  as 
  T. 
  aquaticus 
  and 
  T.palustris 
  

   are 
  both 
  names 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  great 
  Water 
  Newt 
  (Triton 
  

   cristatus) 
  was 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  known, 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  

   shown 
  that 
  the 
  "Water 
  and 
  Warty 
  Eft" 
  exist 
  in 
  "Dee," 
  the 
  

   statement 
  is 
  valueless, 
  for, 
  after 
  five 
  years' 
  close 
  and 
  careful 
  

   search 
  over 
  our 
  district, 
  including 
  the 
  parish 
  named, 
  as 
  also 
  

   Scotston 
  Moor, 
  where, 
  more 
  recently, 
  T. 
  aquaticus 
  is 
  reported 
  

   to 
  exist 
  (History 
  of 
  Scotston 
  Moor, 
  p. 
  23), 
  no 
  species 
  of 
  Newt 
  

   have 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  me 
  other 
  than 
  L. 
  pahnatus.] 
  

  

  Photo.] 
  

  

  NEWT-CATCHERS. 
  

  

  [Mearns. 
  

  

  