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Three feet up in an osage hedge in a pasture. Nest made mainly of grass with a little mud and deeply cupped.
Date04 May 1918
LocalityWhite Heath, Piatt, Illinois, USA
CollectorGoelitz, Walter A.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “Fresh.”)
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “Bird Flushed.”)
Nest Height0.91 m (3 feet)
Nest Supportosage hedge
Nest Materialsgrass, mud
Nest Settingpasture
Nest Notesdeeply cupped
HeaderOological Collection of Walter A. Goelitz
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