. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Hermit Warbler deemed worthy of record. The nesting of the Hermit Warbler has always pos- sessed a peculiar fascination for Cal- ifornian ornithol- ogists. And at that I am bound to record, as I did ten years ago, "the nest of this species is still ; Most of the Californian records gather about the classical locality of Fyffe in Eldorado County, where the first fully identified set known to science was taken by Rollo H. Beck, on
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Hermit Warbler deemed worthy of record. The nesting of the Hermit Warbler has always pos- sessed a peculiar fascination for Cal- ifornian ornithol- ogists. And at that I am bound to record, as I did ten years ago, "the nest of this species is still ; Most of the Californian records gather about the classical locality of Fyffe in Eldorado County, where the first fully identified set known to science was taken by Rollo H. Beck, on June 10, The Beck set, n/4, was placed well out on a sloping limb of yellow pine at a height of forty feet, and a regional ele- vation of 3500. The following year, on June nth, Mr. F. M. Nutting2 found a nest containing young, which was placed only 12 feet up in a small cedar. Chester Barlow took the second set, also of four eggs, in the same locality on June 14th, This was placed at a height of 45 feet in a yellow pine, but good photographs were secured and The third set, n/4, June 8, 1899, fell to the lot of our veteran oologist, Henry W. Car- riger, then in his twenties. This might have been deemed an easy find, since it was placed only 2}4 feet up in a tiny cedar; but a Hermit Warbler â The Nidologist. March. 1897, p. 79. »The Auk, Vol. April, 1899. P- 157. p. 158. 4The Condor, Vol. II., March, 1900, pp. 44 and 45. 493. HERMIT WARBLERS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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