Summary. The effect has been investigated of the a-adrenergtc agonist, phenylephrine, on excretion of water and electrolytes (Na, K, and HCO.,) by the parotid and mandibular glands of the rat. In the mandibular glands the agonist was as elTective as acetylcholine (or parasympaihetic nerve stimulation) in stimulating secretion, and ihe electrolyte excretory patterns seen in the two modes of stimulation were similar. In the parotid gland, phenytephrine was only one-fifth as potent as acetylcholine (or parasympathctic nerve stimulation) in evoking a secretory response but, when due allowance for now rate differences is made, the electrolyte excretion patterns were similar. In both glands the secretory response to phenylephrine was totally difTcrcnl. in magnitude and in electrolyte excretion pattern, to that evoked by the ^-adrenergic agunisi, isoprenaline. It is concltidcd, as has already been established for secretion of exportable protein, ihat a-adrcnergic agonists have very similar effecis to miiscarinic agonists both on endpiecc and on duct cells and thai these actions are completely different from those evoked by activation of,^-adrenergic receptors.