California Condor Eben McMillan 10 July 1963 Condor with the water, with which it was being washed. This water ran through a pan where ducks were kept. Mrs. Brown said that two of the young ducks in this pen soon died. She thought the grain must have been poisoned barley and had been eaten by the Condor before it died. Mrs. Brown then soaked the carcass of this Condor in order to relax the wings and feet so they could be stretched out from the bent position in which they were when she took possession of the Bird. The Condor Carcass was then placed on a length of chicken wire netting in a somewhat flying posture and allowed to dry. It was Mrs. Brown's idea to display this Condor to those who would come to see it in a somewhat flying form. The carcass was lashed to the chicken wire netting in several places with the back against the wire. The wing expansion in this situation was about 7 feet. Mrs. Brown thought and that it has shrunk some since that time. Owing to the repulsive odor, Mrs. Brown did not care to have the Condor Carcass near her house so the chicken wire was stretched, with the Condor thereon, across the hay-mow of her barn and kept a distance of about three feet from the floor of the barn. The barn being about 200 feet from Brown's residence. The Condor Carcass has remained in this barn up to the present time. Children have played in this barn since the Condor Carcass was placed here. Dogs and Cats enter and leave this barn at will. Several people have come to see the Condor Carcass. People from Bakersfield College or Junior College had come to take the Carcass at one time, but Mrs. Brown thought them discouraged from taking it by the odor. It retained for years, and is still quite stinking today. Another person from Bakersfield College was to come and take the Carcass for its Skeleton- This was- - continueb - P-177 Neremtha S. McMillan