Ford 2971 Gymnogyps californianus March 26, 1946 Santa Paula Canyon, Calif. ago. At 12:10 we had finished lunch & were starting back toward Pine Canyon. I saw one imm. fly gliding fast down Santa Paula Canyon from near head (of E. Fork) then + two adults circling over the brushy slopes. All three circled & rose above horizon and worked back toward Bear Heaven or Coldwater Canyon in a scattered (2+ miles) group. The red cliffs at head of E. fork appear very favorable for condor roosts or nests. Needled back toward Pine Canyon & arrived at Pine - Lords Canyon divide at 1:20. Took the ex Caldwater trail through head of Pine Canyon until 1:45. This trail is very poor & impassable to horses. Returned to the divide (2:00p.m.) & hiked to end of Pine Canyon road (3:0 p.m.) and drove to Fillmore. Saw no condors in Pine Canyon nor evidence of roosting in trees. The rock point above the old Beyton Rest on N. side of canyon appears to be the most likely condor perch. Mr. Appleton of Simi told me the following story when we were on way to C.O.C. meeting in L.A. About "45 years ago" Appleton shot a condor near Simi. If The bullet struck a second in the head & wounded it. The killed bird was sent to a female taxidermist in the east. Years later he visited her & she told him she still had the skin, un-