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io8 THE .CONDOR VOL. IX several years. Mr. Hargrave, before mentioned in this writing, discovered the nest after watching the birds a long time. I have been told that the birds are fairly numerous in a certain desert range of mountains; but I am afraid, as many others are, that the extinction of this great vulture is only a matter of time, not a long time either. In closing I might mention that in early days the Mexicans used the large, hollow wing quills for the purpose 6f storing and transporting gold dust. Shiprock, 7Vew Mexico. ENGLISH SPARROW NOTES By WILLIAM L. FINLEY ONCERNING the notes on the English Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in a late issue of TI?]? CONDOR, it seemed strange to me when I first went to Los Angeles not to find this bird about the streets, especially since it is so common in other parts of California. It would be interesting to have the records of other cities and know to what extent this foreigner has spread thruout the State. ENGLISH SPARROW'S NEST INSIDE A HORNET'S NEST; I?IALE SPARROW juST ENTERING %V1TH FOOD FOR ITS YOUNG