W. Pieme 1949 Journal 6 Aug. New Mexico, Otero Co., Alamogordo to Roswell Roswell. During morning hunted both E and W of town in hopes of turning up Phrynosoma and Cnemidophorus. W of city in mosquite and Atriplex association took C. perplexus and gularis together in same habitat. Do they really occupy district niches here? Animals scarce in area and so moved E of town on to alluvial slope. Here soil not calced as on flat surfaces W of city and in cresote, prickly-pear association C. tesselatus common. That species, which seems to be much more wary than the So. Calif. race, and Uta stans- buriana both taken. On several occasions tesselatus in flight went over and presumably vertical walls, once of a well or mine shaft, several times walls of deep stream cuts. Seen 1 large Piturophis (?) discovered at edge of such a cut. Notes written up at midday. In afternoon drove on U.S. Hwy 70 and 380 to Roswell where camped just W of town. On way stopped 5.9 mi. NE Mescalero, Otero Co., to look for Plethodon hardii. Elevation about 7500 ft+ and mountainais with thick cover of yellow pine and oak. Probably no damp enough however.