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22 OUR VANISHING WILD LIFE
CALIFORNIA CONDOR
Now Living in the New York Zoological Park.
ing, no species of seven-county distribution is safe. Any species that is limited to a few counties of a single state is liable to be wiped out in five years, by poison, or traps, or lack of food.
On order to obtain the best and also the most conservative informa- tion regarding this species, I appealed to the Curator of the Museum of Verbetrate Zoology, of the University of California. Although written in the mountain wilds, I promptly received the valuable contribution that appears below. As a clear, precise and conservative survey of an important species, it is really a model document.
The Status of the California Condor in 1912 By Joseph Grinnell
"To my knowledge, the California Condor has been definitely ob- served within the past five years in the following California counties: Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Kern, andTulare. InpartsofVentura,SantaBarbara,SanLuisObispoand Kern counties the species is still fairly common, for a large bird, probably equal in numbers to the golden eagle in those regions that are suited to
