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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



Little Hare (Lepus princeps), only six inches in 

 length. 



Among the more remarkable birds of California, 

 are the following : 



THE CONDOR. 



The Condor (Vulture condor) is the celebrated 

 vulture of America, of whose size, strength, and daring, 

 so many marvellous tales have been told, that had 

 there been any such animals as elephants in South 

 America, it is highly probable that we should have had 

 an account by " eye-witnesses," of the Condor flying 

 clear over Chimborazo with an elephant in its claws. We 



