W.C. Russell M.V.Z., Berkeley, Calif. Nov. 8, 1963 acc 10266 (contd) Here Mrs. Dorothy Albire found bird dead, while she was poisoning squirrels, 2 mi. SW Granite Station, Northern Kern Co., on Aug. 11, 1960. Granite Station is 23 mi. NE Bakersfield. It remained in yard of Carl West, (man in charge of property where bird was found) until May 22, 1961. Mrs. Margaret Brown then removed it to her home, 7 mi. N Granite Station. She washed it with a hose and the water ran into a duck pen. 3 ducks died immediately. It was picked up from Mrs. Browns barn on July 10, 1963 by Eben McMillan. Cadaver had been strung up in barn with baling wire or pushing wire through dried cadavers accounts for broken wish bone & ulna. skeleton 1 mi. N4W Granite Station, Kern Co., Calif. 13972? Gymnogyps californianus Found dead on Sept 23, 1963 by Mrs. Philip Armstrong. Retrieved by Eben McMillan on Oct. 16, 1963. Had been roosting on cattle feeder prior to death! See note in top