California Condor. Eben McMillan 13 February 1964 that might lead to the death of so many of the San Emigdio Ranch heifers when giving birth to their first Calves as well as so many Calves being born dead. Mr. Kinney thought the problem stemmed from the heifers having been Too fat during the fall months. That the good grass that Covered the hills of San Emigdio Ranch last fall had fattened the heifers whereby the embryo within the Pregnant animals had over-developed whereby the Calf, at time of birth, was Too large to pass through the pelvic arch of the mother. Mr. Kinney related to me how he, and some helpers, had pulled on a calf with a truck To the point of pulling a leg off this calf's body and this not extracting the calf's body from the Cow. He also mentioned having tried to push his hand inside the cow in order to feel what held another calf from coming out. In this effort he was prevented from getting his hand past the pelvic arch due to insufficient room. Even when the heifer would relax from straining he could still not force his hand between the calf's calf's head and neck that were already protruding from the cow's vaginal opening. Joe Kinney said he had seen no Condor on the San Emigdio Ranch, although he professed to be acquainted with this bird from having had one come and feed with a flock of Buzzards, on the carcass of a dead cow, in 1957, at the Jordan Ranch that is located about five miles Northwest of the town of Agoura, in extreme Southeast Ventura County, California. This Condor remained in the vicinity of this carcass, with the buzzards, for several days. Mr and Mrs. Jordan, who owned this ranch at that time, were—