J. Rodger 125 Cedar Canyon, 5000 ft, Providence Mts., San Bernardino Co., Calif. May 27, 1938 around it instead of up the outer bank, and I caught it. As I put the shovel on it, I broke its tail in two places, but didn't seem to have hurt the lizard at all. I am keeping it alive as no. 1121. I continued to dig down under the roots of the brush and finally took the whole thing out, but didn't find any more reptiles. During all the digging, I piled the dirt in a neat ridge around the edge, and ended up with a sort of a doodal, bug hole — The tonelirionid beetles found it difficult to climb the sides, and, judging from the difficulty the Cremidosophous had in the 10 inch trench, I figured that if any of them got into the hole, they might still be there when I get around. At least, I figured, it was worth a try. For several days I have been watching a dead horse (killed and left to attract vultures) to see if lizards would be attracted by the concentration of carion beetles. I have not seen a lizard within 50 feet of the horse yet, even though the carion beetles are thick over the ground all around the horse. Just before noon to-day, while walking west along the south side of Cedar Canyon, at about 4950 ft, I saw a — an orange headed green skink run under a bush. I could