VOL. IV.] Birds of San Pedro Martir 



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Pseicdogryph^is calif orniamis . California Vulture. The 

 fir^t 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. Anthonj^ 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 

 9000 feet. The Indians told me that their nests were to be found 

 on the high cliflFs of the gulf slope and others informed me that 

 they built in the tops of large pines. 



I greatly doubt the last statement, however. Ever}^ 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. 



Parabiiteo iinicinchis harrisi. Harris's Hawk. Through some 

 mistake my notes on this species were included under the head of 

 Buteo lineatus clegans 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 

 7000 feet. It was nowhere common, however. 



Buteo borealis caluriis. WESTERN 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 



