1933, while going the rounds of my traps, in company with Miss Alice Dufford, we found a garter snake frantically in and out of a S.B.B.A. 2-compartment trap (no buttons). The snake had chilled and was trying to swallow a Golden-crowned Sparrow. It had taken hold of the bird by the bend of one wing, but only a small portion of the wing was in the snake's mouth. I released the snake, which was about 20" long, and it glided away in the brush. This was about 1 P.M. About 4:30 P.M., the same day, while alone, I found in a government spanner trap about 75 ft. from the other traps, the same snake, or one of the same size, which had chilled another Golden- crowned Sparrow, and was trying to swallow it in the same manner. I killed the snake. Both traps were just outside of the Botanical Gardens, up the hill, the other side of the wire fence.