with him from one a young bird only a few days old; and from the other an egg which was of a dull white color, 
the surface of the shell slightly roughened. It measured 4.50 inches in length, by 2.38 in diameter. The young Vulture 
was of an ochreous-yellow color, covered with a fine down of dull white. 
Although rare, there is no doubt that the California Vulture is still to be found in some localities. Mr. W. E. Bryant, 
of San Francisco, writes me that he has seen two or three specimens while on hunting expeditions during the past year. 
The following description of an adult specimen is taken from Bd., Bwr., and Ridg., N. A. Birds: — 
“Adult. — Bill, yellowish white; naked skin of the head and neck, orange and red; iris, carmine (anthors). General 
plumage dull black, the upper surface with a faint bluish lustre, the feathers (excepting the primary coverts, secondary 
coverts, and remiges) passing into dull brownish on their margins, producing a squamate appearance; scapulars and (more 
appreciably) the secondaries and their coverts with a hoary, grayish cast, the latter white for most of their exposed portions 
(producing a band across the wing), the white following the edges of the secondaries nearly to the ends; primaries and tail 
feathers, with their shafts, uniform deep black; whole lining of the wing (except the outer border) and axillaries, pure white; 
lower parts continuous dull, carbonaceous black, the tips of the pencillate feathers with a hoary or chalky tinge.” 
Young. — Bill, dusky; skin of the head dark, partly covered with a' soft gray down. Entire plumage duller than in 
the adult, the white being mostly absent. 
Wing 33; tail about 15 ; tarsus 5.10; bill (nostril to tip) 2.60. 
The specimen figured in the plate is an immature bird in my collection. An adult is represented in the background. 
