VOL, IV. | Birds of San Pedro Martir. 233 
Pseudogryphus californianus. CALIFORNIA VULTURE. The 
first evidence that I found of the occurrence of the condor in 
Lower California was the finding of a dead bird in Guadaloupe 
Valley, forty miles south of Ensenada and near the coast; later 
another carcass was found in the dry barren hills east of El 
Rosario, about 30° north, which was the most southern point 
where positive evidence of its occurrence was obtained. My 
brother, W. W. Anthony, reported seeing these birds at one time 
near Real Del Castillo in the San Rafael Valley. 
On San Pedro Martir they are of rather common occurrence, 
being seen daily about the meadows at altitudes of 8000 and 
gooo feet. The Indians told me that their nests were to be found 
on the high cliffs of the gulf slope and others informed me that 
they built in the tops of large pines. 
I greatly doubt the last statement, however. Every Indian 
and Mexican gold miner is provided with from one to six of the 
primary quills of this species for carrying gold dust, the open end 
being corked with a plug of soft wood and the primitive purse 
hung from the neck by a buckskin string. All of the dead birds 
that I saw in Lower California had been killed for their quills 
alone. 
Cathartes aura. TURKEY VULTURE. Common during the 
summer all over the mountain, usually seen in company with the 
condor and raven. 
Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi. HARRIS’s HAWK. Through some 
mistake my notes on this species were included under the head of 
Buteo lineatus elegans in Mr. Bryant’s list. During the last season 
Harris’ hawk was seen in one or two valleys between Ensenada 
and Colnett, and in one or two places on San Pedro as high as 
7ooo feet. It was nowhere common, however. 
Buteo borealis calurus. W¥STERN REDTAIL. Very common 
throughout the northern part of the peninsula, and found nesting 
in abundance in the pines on San Pedro. Nearly all of the pairs 
seen last spring consisted of one very light colored and one 
melanistic bird. At La Grulla a pair of redtails were nesting 
near our camp. The male was a very light bird, while the 
female was so dark as to be several times mistaken for the dark 
