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brated of all this family, not only because of 

 its rarity, but because it is the largest Ameri- 

 can bird of prey. 



General, a somewhat recent addition to the 

 collection at the New York Zoological Park, is 

 one of only five specimens which natural- 

 ists have been able to capture and rear in 

 captivity, as this bird is almost extinct. The 

 other four are in the Government zoological 

 collection in Rock Creek Park in Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



General was captured by Mr. William L. 

 Finley, of Portland, Oregon, who spent three 

 whole months in the San Bernardino Moun- 

 tains in southern California searching for the 

 nest in which General was born, and his 

 studies and careful investigations are not only 

 extremely interesting, but very valuable from 

 a scientific point of view. 



On the 10th March, 1906, after weary 

 search and tiresome wanderings, Mr. Finley 

 at last found the nest of a condor in which 

 reposed one smooth, glossy egg, and close to 

 the nest in careful guard was a big, full grown 



