T. Rodgers -- 1942. Itinerary Sacramento Valley trip, Mar. 6, 7, 8, 9. house, on the J. C. Myer ranch. The east-facing slope there is strewn with blue oaks and boulders. The ground under them was moist and porous. About 17 skinks, all skiltonianus, were collected there. We also found skinks under rocks on the south side of Marysville Buttes. As we got into the hills west of Fruto, we found shale and sandstone outcrops neither of which produced enough talus to convince us that collecting was worth while. We stopped at several sandstone ledges and turned over what talus there was, but with no success. Finally, at a point 9 mi. S Elk Creek we met with success. Merritt had left us at Marysville after collecting on the Buttes, and Dalquest, Cook, and I were alone. We stopped to investigate a sandstone ledge. Dalquest and I were starting to leave when Cook pulled a piece out of the ledge and found a skink. We got a pick and pulled more pieces out of the ledge, finding 3 more. Dalquest and I each found 1 and Cook found 2. We drove straight through from there to Arbuckle, where we made camp at the edge of the wide gravelly wash of Sand Creek, 5 miles west of the town. As we made camp, many birds were going to roost in the trees around. In the morning we identified most of them as Lark Sparrows. Horned Owls hooted all night. We collected Hyla regilla and one Rana boylii in some small pools near camp. On the morning of the ninth, we drove west about 6 miles looking for a place to collect skinks but the only outcrops were shale that produced such