California Condor Eben Mcmillan 29 February 1964 been more beneficial, for the range Conditions found here were not bad and where South hillsides had become quite dry and the grasses have mostly matured and dried up, nevertheless the flats and the North hillsides are green and support a good quantity, and quality of forage grasses. The livestock in this section are in good condition. Bautista Aleman, a Basque shepherd of MTR Sheep Company, who is camped east of the Bakersfield, Woody, highway and about two miles north of Woody-Granite Station-Famosa, Bakersfield, Crossroads, said he had been watching constantly for Condor to come and feed in his area, but he was quite sure none had been around. Shepherd Aleman said that in Spain, in the high mountains, there is a large bird like our Condor. He said that the shepherds shoot at all big birds in Spain and that all the Eagles have been killed off and are never seen. I told him that Eagles are protected in the United States. That the Eagle is the National emblem of this Country and therefore the people do not want it destroyed. I also told him that Condor are protected by law and that anyone found shooting or molesting them shall be in trouble with the law. Aleman seemed quite surprised to find this to be so. I doubt that he has ever been advised regarding shooting of wild animals. That he now possesses a 22 caliber rifle is evidenced by several spent 22 caliber cartridges near the place where he works in and out of the house-trailer in which he lives. Most of the shepherds in Central California are foreigners, or aliens, from the Pyrenees mountains of Europe and must are of Basque lineage. Few of these shepherds speak any English and none are acquainted with our laws and regulations; most are transported to this country via-