Turtles seen feeding under natural conditions displayed remarkable agility in making lunges, consisting of one or two short steps and a thrust of the head, at moving objects. Turtles kept in my home were able, after being conditioned to hand-feeding, quickly to intercept a grape rolled slowly across a linoleum-covered floor. Frederick R. Gehlbach told me that, of several species of captive turtles observed by him, _T. ornata_ characteristically walked with the plastron held well above the substrate, as did _Gopherus berlandieri_, but that _T. carolina_ (specimens from the northeastern U. S.) dragged their shells as they walked. Apparently _T. carolina_ in Kansas (currently referred to the subspecies _triunguis_) differs somewhat in gait from populations in the eastern part of the range; several individuals of _T. carolina_ from Kansas that I observed in captivity, kept their plastra raised well above the smooth, hard substrate over which they walked. Box turtles at the Damm Farm were able easily to climb ravine banks that sloped at an angle of 45 degrees and, with some difficulty, could climb banks as steep as 65 degrees. Most individuals, however, were reluctant to walk directly downward on banks as steep as 45 degrees. Several individuals were seen to lose footing when climbing up or down a steep bank and to roll or slide to the bottom. Ordinarily, _T. ornata_ is able to climb over a sheer surface as high as its shell is long, provided the surface is rough enough to give some traction to the foreclaws. The claws of first one, then the other forefoot are placed over the top of the barrier and then a hind foot, extended as far forward as possible, secures a hold as the turtle goes over the barrier. A number of observations on speed were made in the field where distance traveled and time elapsed were known approximately. Speeds ranged from 20 to 100 feet per hour in the course of foraging. Higher speeds (400 or more feet in one hour) were for turtles moving along pathways or seeking shelter. Gould (1957:346) observed somewhat faster speeds in _T. carolina_ (192 feet per hour in cloudy weather and 348 feet per hour in sunny weather); he observed individuals that had been removed from their normal home ranges.