Thamnophis elegans vagrans Aug. 17, 1960 - Kings Beach, Placer Co., Calif, - 6230 ft - # 53. This animal was collected by my sister, Mary, on the eastern part of Kings Beach along the edge of Lake Tahoe. It was in a rocky area The bottom was "mucky", consisting of dirty sand covered with about a half inch of water. A few feet away the water disappeared, but the soil was wet. The nearest vegetation were b-shes growing about 10 yards away. There were many small fishes (1/4 to 1 inch long) in the water, which was cool. The snake was chased under a rock. When this was overturned, it went under another rock, and was caught when this was lifted. Caught about 2 P.M. Snake about 14 inches total length. General dorsal color brownish gray, spotted with darker, the spots tending to be confluent along the dorsal stripe; head dark, mottled with lighter and snout lighter, sides pale, labials black bordered pre- and postoculars whitish but not conspicuous. A yellowish dorsal stripe on the vertebral row and a gray lateral area from row three to tips of ventrals; broad spots present, darker, the color chiefly in the skin between the scales, the spots alternating, about 2 1/2 X the inter-