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Mar., 1914 SOME DISCOVERIES IN THE FOREST AT FYFFE 61 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 opel;. 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 c?f the lofty firs and cedars. which in endless nmu- bers cover the gradhal slope of the canvon's southern wall. Dark and damp. Fig. 26. THE MAZE OF FOLIAGE WHERE THE NEST OF THE IIERMIT 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 leathered snn-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 lneasures 3? inches across over