Mar., 1914 
SOME DISCOVERIES IN THE FOREST AT FYFFE 
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male, was none other than the rarest of all Sierran Mniotiltidae, the Hermit 
Warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) , whose eggs remained so long undescribed, 
and whose recorded nests, even at the present time, can easily be counted on the 
fingers of two hands. 
The nest was saddled halfway out on a slender yew branch fourteen and a 
half feet up. From the nature of the foliage the situation was somewhat oiien. 
but partial concealment was given by branches above and below. The tree itself 
was one of wide spreading- branches, about thirty feet in height, and standing in 
the almost perpetual shade nf the lofty firs and cedars, which m endless num- 
bers cover the gradual slope of the canvon’s southern wall. Dark and damp. 
Fig. 26. The Maze of Foliage where the Nest of the Hermit 
Warbler was found. The nest is situated in the center of 
the picture but is too small to distinguish readily. 
with the ground littered with dead brush and decaying vegetation, the locality; 
was hardly the place where one would expect to find the sun-loving Hermit 
Warbler nesting. Usually the bird frequents the edges of clearings with other 
feathered sun-worshippers ; and Carriger informs me the nests recorded from 
Fyffe were in, or not far distant from, such localities. 
The nest itself very closely resembles those recorded by Barlow, except that 
the inner lining, instead of projecting, is woven into the rim. It is round in 
shape, compactly built, and a little wider and more shallow than the nests of 
most other species of the genus Dendroica. It measures 334 inches across over 
