Gymnogyps californianus June 27, 1916 Paso Robles, Calif. ined the two eggs sent by Truesdale & had decided they were "not the eggs of this species" [embar] & he refused to buy them. The eggs were larger, had smoother texture than the 7 possessed by Thayer; they were creamy white instead of pale gray-green. In order to prove the eggs authentic, Thayer wanted Truesdale to shoot the adults & send them to him. True- dale didn't want to kill them; the only alternative was for some expert to visit the nest with Fred. Fred wanted a man named Bowles, but he was sick or something & Dawson came instead. Another letter from Thayer (June Sept. 21, 1910) said Thayer believed the eggs authentic & that he paid $300 for one of them. The other egg went to Price of Illinois & was later purchased by Tuft of Nova Scotia. Thayers wrote from Thayer Museum, Lancaster, Mass. All eggs from the McChesney area were cream color, Fred said — this indicates same pair of birds nesting. The egg which Bowles got is in some museum in Tacoma — possibly the high school, Fred said. Truesdale was spry & uncooperative but apparently of failing memory. Jan said Fred couldn't remember where he got me egg. On one occasion two adults were seen with an immature at Beartrap Canyon, Fred said, around 1923. Once he had a permit to collect some birds for the Calif. Acad. of Sci., but couldn't find any nesting.