J. Rodgers - 1943 Mrs. Vertzool, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif. April 20, 1943 Acc no - 7031 (cont.) alkaline in large areas, and board piles did not even support Sceloporus. We asked a farmer about lizards and he and his boy directed us to a place several miles away along a creek where they had seen lizards - probably only fence lizards. At White's Bridge, about 2 1/2 miles SE of Mendota, we met a Mr. J. C. Stratton, who was working on some boats along the east bank of the Kings River. He showed him our samples of different kinds of skinks and asked if he had seen any like them. He said he had seen lizards like our sample of cancellose and long green ones running through the grass in the farm land "upon the plateau". He said he saw them especially when they were driven out by irrigation. We followed his directions, east on the road toward Fresno and noticed that we soon rose onto land that was 15 or 20 feet higher than that we had just left; and as we went north on Lake Ave., we found richer farm land. 9 mi. E Mendota Fresno Co., Calif. April 13 3723 Lampropeltis getulus - found under board in farmyard.