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Table showing size and number of eggs in breeding females of 
G. multi-carinatus webbii examine 
No.— (Mus. No. of Av. size of yerg wh & Aten fone 
Vert. Zool.) Locality, in California Date eggs eggsinmm. of f 
2863 Bodfish, 2400 ft., Kern Co. June 19,1911 12 lls 11 145 
4265 Tujunga, Los Angeles Co. June 19,1909 15 14x 8 120 
8007 Big Rock Creek, 4300 ft., Los Angeles Co. June 22,1920 15 14 x 8 139 
8008 Big Rock Creek, 4300 ft., Los Angeles Co. June 22,1920 15 14x 8 133 
269 Schains, 4300 ft., Riverside Co. June 27,1908 13 13 x 8 127 
2868 Isabella, 2500 ft., Kern Co. June 29,1911 9 16 x 10 137 
2870 Fay Creek, 4100 ft., Kern Co. July 14,1911 8 18 x 10 134 
There is probably some variation in the size of the young 
at the time of hatching so that those of the same size are not 
necessarily of the same age. Young of the year have been 
taken as follows: 
— (Mus, Head and body 
Vert, Zool.) Locality, in California Date length in mm. 
12859 Slover Mountain, San Bernardino Co, July 30,1931 35.5 
501 Valle Vista, San Jacinto Valley, Riverside Co. Sept. 1, 1908 35.5 
899 Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, Sept. 29, 1904 33.5 
Northern Alligator Lizard 
Gerrhonotus coeruleus principis 
ea cpiees it is anova of the Northern Alligator Liz- 
ard to occur in concentrated colonies. Perhaps this habit is 
cocina with the lizard’s relatively small size and with the 
abundance of shelter and insect food in the dense vegetation 
of its a and this most favorable type of habitat is 
interrupted. 
On es 20, 1929, I observed lizards of this a at 
days. The lizards — active during the middle of the day. 
They were ahivaieis along the shore of the lake, at the edge 
of thick woods iviedtin it. They were sunning themselves 
or crawling about through the egies logs and debris just above 
high water line. At Newport, Lincoln County, Oregon, several 
individuals were found on the we ie loose slabs of roc 
at the base of a cliff. 
On July 21, 1932, I found principis to be abundant near 
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon. Most of those found were 
