Gymnogyps californianus June 28, 1946 Shale Hills, Ca. it. Lives about 2 miles S. of Roven Pass. He was the fast-talking know-it-all type. He said he had been here 11 years & had seen condors the last 3 or 4 years in the fall—at first 4 birds, then more, last year 16, & now so far this year (10 within ½ mile of his house shortly be- fore.). I visited the area where I saw 7 mice but found no carcass. The rancher said they had poisoned here for squirrels a few days ago. He said the condors fed on both calves & sheep bone, & that he knew definitely of two instances in which they killed calves. He said he shot near them to scare them off whenever he saw them; that they would not attack his calf unless it was down. I could find no carcass where second group took off either—there were squirrel holes there, however, & an old sheep carcass turned inside out in cougar-like fashion. Lots of evidence of cattle & sheep here but practically none visible. I later found that the man I talked to was Jack Harlan & that he recently sold many of his cattle. Two Shandon girls, one a niece of Dan McMillan, said they drove into Shale Hills the day we saw condors at a dog carcass there, about an hour after we left & saw several condors at the carcass, & that these flew at some distance except for 1