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Gymnogyps californianus
June 13, 1946 Hopper Canyon, Calif.
50' NE of the shell top. The trail grew fainter,
but led alongside the trunk of a live oak 50'
downhill from the Brundell Trail, passing under
the overhanging oak (branches about 4' above
ground). It was below this oak, at least 300'
downhill from shoe stake, where I saw 1 to 3
condors in shade of oak. The drag marks con-
tinued on down through a space between
deck branches, & about 50' below oak was a
large vertebra. This was in a shallow gully
again, so guided by down & feather fragments I
found the hide at about 8' from the edge of dense
brush about 200' below the oak (25% slope).
The hide stuck & had lost hair by slipping & by
friction but was essentially entire. The muzzle
skin was gone to about 3" forward of eyes and both
cars cala off fluck. This head skin was turned in-
side out - I had difficulty righting it. There were
no balls in neck, but foreleg skin on right side
was at completely gone at body; on left side side
much leg skin was present but pulled in as
if from the inside. These part of hide was right-side
out in general. Then a 3" diameter hole in
delly, one 1" hole where a testicle removed,
and a 4" hole at anus through which the
inside out hind-legs skin & tail were pulled,