. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . nder wing-coverts pure : Like adults, but naked skin and bill black ; more or less cov-ered with sooty gray Young: Covered .with white cottony down ; bill Distribution: Coast ranges of Southern California from Monterey County to Range: Breeds in the mountainous distiiets throughout its Season : Eggs have been take
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . nder wing-coverts pure : Like adults, but naked skin and bill black ; more or less cov-ered with sooty gray Young: Covered .with white cottony down ; bill Distribution: Coast ranges of Southern California from Monterey County to Range: Breeds in the mountainous distiiets throughout its Season : Eggs have been taken in April and : The bare floor of a cave or recess among the rocks, or in a hollow : 1 or 2; plain grayish green or dull greenish white. Size X The California Condor isrso far as known, the largestbird that flies, except its cousin the Condor of the Andes,and was formerly abundant throughout the coast rangesof Southern California. It has become comparativelyrare through various causes, chief among them the feed-ing upon poisoned flesh put out by stockmen to kill wildanimals. For a long time the species was on the vergeof extermination, but through the efforts of the Cooper. 324. California Vulture, or CondorGfymnogyps californianus BIRDS OF PREY 135 Club it has been protected, and according to latestreports it is increasing in numbers. On his first trip to California, the Eastern .bird-loverexpects to see these birds soaring majestically over everymountain, and is disappointed when he has remained ayear, or two, or three, with never a glimpse of one,although right in the Condor range. The truth is theCondors keep well back in the hidden and inaccessibleparts of the mountains, and if you would see one, youmust go where they are and see the sun rise, — as theydo; for the Condor seeks his prey as soon as the sunlighthas reached the valleys and before the world is fairlyastir. Then you may see him on glorious wings, circling,circling, with scarcely a
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