Field Notes · Catnum 104014 · score 2 — low uncertainty
Nest composed of mud and weeds, lined with fine grass. This set did contain four eggs but two were broken by the boy who brought them home. One of the broken eggs I saw and noticed it was very heavily marked with fine specks.
Metadata · Catnum 104014
Date29 May 1893
LocalityGreene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.870946, -80.2111115 ↗ map
CollectorJacobs, J. Warren
Eggs in Set2
Specimen Typee
Incubationslight
Identificationunknown
Nest Materialsmud, weeds
Nest Liningfine grass
Nest NotesThis set originally contained four eggs but two were broken by the boy who brought them home. One of the broken eggs was very heavily marked with fine specks. Record noted as abnormal.
HeaderCollection of J. Warren Jacobs, Ornithologist and Oologist, Waynesburg, Pa.
Further Details1236. abnormal. | 2-Sep
✦ Anecdote
This record is notable because the original clutch of four eggs was reduced to two when they were broken during collection by a young person, and one of the broken eggs showed unusually heavy speckling.