Gymnogyps californianus June 13, 1946 Hupper Canyon, Calif. [illegible] about 4" of tail tip was not pulled through. The skin of one hind leg was complete to apparently near the hoof; the other was ripped from vicinity of ankle down, then whole for about 2"; then ripped off at about hoof height. What a wonderful job of practically incisive shinning, removing all meat & bones. I found no internal organs at all. Hide was not flecked any more closely than a run-of-the-mill human shinning job. Walking uphill I found the inside of one hoof near the tree the birds went under, a vertebra 50' up from that; then a rib 30' further. At 7:15 I saw the adult 5. of foot of meadow was flat on its perch, 4 min. to SE was still there but on limb of a larger tree (where are "fed" yesterday; same?). The fact that condors don't rip up the hide more seems to indicate a lack of ability to do so - thus young or tender animals are preferred. Perhaps yesterday the calf was not ripe enough for tenderness, & it was only sampled - once the meat starts coming, the birds close in. Comparing results between this carcass & one cut open would show if this were so. At 7:25 saw the 2 were gone from Near Boost Tree; one was in tree 200+ yds. down the slope, & another 100+ yds. beyond.