California Condor Eben McMillan 16 October 1963 remains and not come near the feeder to eat. The condor remains were damp this morning from last night's rain. No maggots were in evidence. The underside, or belly, which had been next to the ground while the bird lay near the feeder but was now on the upper side, showed much decomposition and the feathers here were matted and soiled. Otherwise the feathers were in good shape. The condor remains had lost all or most of its body fluids and was quite light to handle. The tail was not stiff and would fall down when the bird was lifted in a horizontal position. Gary Snow and I loaded the condor remains into the pickup, covered it with a canvas and returned with it to the ranch-house where Philip Armstrong was cooking lunch. Philip Armstrong told me that when he first saw the condor body lying by the cattle feeder that it had maggots all about the ground under where it lay. That was on September 23-1963, give or take a day or so. He thought the condor had roosted on the roof of this cattle feeder for several days before falling to the ground and dying for he noted that the roof of the feeder was covered with white excrement that appeared to have been defecated by a large bird. The spot where the cattle feeder is located and near where I found this condor remains is about 2 miles northeast of Granite Station. The condor body when first seen on September 23, was first thought to be that of a big buzzard by Philip Armstrong. He mentioned this to Gary Snow about that time but Snow, even though he knew what a condor looked like, did not think of associating Armstrong's description of a big Buzzard with a condor. Upon seeing the remains a week ago at which time both Snow and Armstrong tossed it among the rocks under the oak tree, Snow immediately recognized it as a condor. This -