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two Ancient Murrelets ( Synthliboramphus antiquus) . I think this last is a record for San 
Pedro, as Mr. Grinnell informs me that this is the second record south of Santa Cruz Island, the 
other being a pick-up near San Diego. 
These birds were badly stained with crude oil. I had great difficulty in removing it from an 
Auklet and an Ancient Murrelet which I saved. I used gasolene for cleaning, without injury to 
the feathers. The Sanderling was without wings, so was probably killed by some hunter. The 
other birds were apparently killed by the storm. 
On February 8 I went down again and found two Brandt Cormorants, three Surf Scoters, one 
Ancient Murrelet, one Xantus Murrelet, one Cassin Auklet and one Rhinoceros Auklet. All 
NEST AND EGGS IN SITU OF TOLMIE WARBLER IN MARIN COUNTY 
Photographed by Joseph Mailliard 
but the two Cormorants and one Scoter were in an advanced stage of decomposition and may 
have been a part of those observed on January 23. The Cormorants were the only ones free 
from oil. — Howard Wright, Pasadena , California. 
Nest of the Tolmie Warbler. — Mention is often made — as, for instance, twice in The 
Condor, Vol. X, No. 4, by Gilman writing of New Mexico, and Rockwell of Colorado — of local- 
ities where the Tolmie Warbler is abundant, or at least common, in the breeding season; but it 
has never been my fortune to visit such a spot. Most of my observations on this species have 
been made at San Geronimo, Marin Co. , California, where a few, a very few, pairs breed each 
year. The shyness of these birds and their habit of building near the ground in thick vines, in 
bunches of wormwood or thick clusters of tall ferns, make the discovery of a nest with eggs a 
