J. Rodgers - 1942 33 Eumeces skiltonianus July 25 Nest No. 5 (cont.) (W. slope of San Pablo Ridge). Soil from around the eggs (under the egg, not loose stuff that has fallen in) contained 9.5% water by weight; i.e., water = 9.5% of water + soil. The eggs in this nest measured as follows: 16.1 x 10.5 mm, 15.4 x 10.9 mm, 15.6 x 11.1 mm, 15.6 x 10.7 mm, 16.1 x 10.9 mm. Aug. 10 Mrs. Vert. Zool., Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif! Yesterday John Davis, Janet Failla and I went out at 8:00 - 10:30 am looking for skinks we hiked along the ridge on the west side of Grizzly Peak Boulevard and turned over many rocks without success. Many of these rocks had not been turned over before. We finally had some success on the south-facing grass slope about 200 yards north of the 1600 ft. bench mark near the rock retaining wall and culvert on G. P. Blvd. This was about 100 yards south of the location of nest No. 4 (see July 21, p. 31) and roughly 1/2 mi. SW Bald Peak. At this point John and I each dug out an immature skink and I dug out an adult with 5 young. I had dug out a hollow in the hill and was working up-hill picking down the bank. The ground here, like most of the ground in these hills, is a mixture of light sandy soil and rocks. I picked some of these rocks and dirt loose from the bank and a large