J. Rodgers - 1942 Eumeces skiltonianus Sept. 8 (cont.) Mrs. Vert Zoell, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Almon Co., Cal. of Aug. 23, that the skinks are as common (active, or available) now as they were in May and June Sept. 11 Yesterday, I arranged a thermometer to indicate temp. inside nest no. 3 (73114) At 4:00 pm today it read 33° and the therm. above ground read 26°. This is the highest temperature I have noted inside a nest yet, and also, the greatest difference between temperatures inside and outside nest. Sept. 14 Nest no. 3 temp. inside nest = 20°; above ground 22° 9:30 am Parent moved all six eggs to opposite (diagonally) corner (NE corner) of nest. This is the dampest corner. They were in the driest. I looked at the nest twice Friday and once Saturday. That was not more than on many other two day periods. This corner looks seemed too damp so I traded the damp cover of this quarter for a dry one that has a 3/4" hole in it. This may drive her to move the eggs again, but I am - for hope it will allow the soil in that corner to dry out some. I feel sure the eggs would spoil there. I have taken 3113 out & picked her, and removed the glass plate that separates her section from the section occupied by 3114 (of nest no. 3). This will allow 3114 twice the space she has. Eggs in Nest No. 2, shriveling; parent still with it. Sept. 15 Nest no. 3 temp. inside nest = 22.5°; above ground 22.5° 10:00 am Eggs moved to SE corner; hole in cover of NE corner plugged with soil.