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THE CONDOR 
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shrank back at the thought of her pitching in to defend her young, for when she 
rose, I glanced in and saw a youngster not larger than the egg. His head was 
bald like his mother’s, but baldness did not signify age in this case, altho his 
head was fleshy-pink in color. He was weak for he could hardly kick, and he 
EGG OF CALIFORNIA CONDOR. PHOTO TAKEN IN NEST 
seemed to raise his head with difficulty as he cried out in a wheezing, hissing note. 
Beside him lay the end of the egg from which he had emerged not many hours be- 
fore. He was not yet dry. He was not even well clothed, for behind his little 
CONDOR CHICK PHOTOGRAPHED MARCH 23, 1906, THE NEXT DAY AFTER HATCHING. WHITE DOWN STILL 
DAMP HEAD, NECK AND FEET WERE FLESH-COLOR OR PINKISH. WEIGHT LESS THAN ONE POUND 
wings, the flesh was bare and his belly was bare, while the rest of his coat was 
down of pure white. 
At first the mother arose and her neck feathers ruffled up in anger. Then as 
her baby began to squirm, she put her head down and covered him partly with her 
