Gymnogyps californianos July 3, 1944 Nri Bryson, Calif next, Walter said. Once George took a young from the nest & kept it for about 2 weeks before shipping it - to New York (& the eggs too). Walter thought. Walter said his father once caught a condor in a steel trap. Once Walter saw 2 in the snowy winter near York Mtn., he said. Often the Harris brothers were too late in getting finding the eggs - "2 or 3 catched", Walter said. Walter used to hike & explore with Bart De Tracey when a boy. Vulture Rock, near Rocky Beetle, was named for condors & they used to perch there, Walter said. Condors were seldom shot it was & he knew they did not kill a do harm, said Walter. He thinks they were "starved out" of this area. There used to be many cattle & carcasses on the San Miguelito & El Piojo ranches, said Walter. Frank McCormack (sp.?), still living in SE part of King City (near Linns (sp.?) Food Center), shot 2 or 3 - perhaps more - for the Smithsonian Institute, Walter said, mainly from pine trees in the aforementioned ranch areas. Frank had told Walter he had seen "hundreds" of condors, Walter said. Frank is about 87 & shot the condors when about 20, Walter believed. The same year that George Harris had the chick, a foreman at San Miguelito Ranch (Crowd Norn?), "lassed" an adult & kept it for several days before freeing it, Walter said. The