[NHCOLL-L:4246] California condor specimens

[Sanford Wilbur]

I'm in the final stages of writing a monograph on California condor 
history, as recorded in museum and private collection records, newspaper 
accounts, field notes and correspondence, etc. I have records of about 
400 mortalities, some 300 of which are still in existence as specimens 
(live mounts, study skins, skeletons). It seems like I must be 
exhausting the possibilities, but since the first of the year I have 
received information on a half-dozen or so specimens that were new to my 
records. If you remember corresponding with me within the last year, 
then I probably have your information. If you don't remember talking to 
me, and you have any California condor material or know where specimens 
are located, I'd be very pleased to hear from you.
Sanford "Sandy" Wilbur
Gresham, Oregon
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (retired)
California condor research leader 1969-1981