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Nest was situated 14 feet up in a beech at edge of a woods, placed between a thick crotch. Compactly made of grass stems and stalks, weed stems and mud, lined thickly with grass. Width: outside 5 1/2 inches, inside 3 3/4 inches; depth: outside 3 1/2 inches, inside 1 3/4 inches.
Date28 May 1907
LocalityWissinoming, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.022089, -75.063782 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationslight (transcribed as “well slight”)
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “flushed female”)
Nest Height4.27 m (14 feet)
Nest Supportbeech
Nest Materialsgrass stems, stalks, weed stems, mud
Nest Lininggrass
Nest Settingedge of a woods
Nest NotesNest was placed between a thick crotch. Compactly made. Width: outside 5 1/2 inches, inside 3 3/4 inches; depth: outside 3 1/2 inches, inside 1 3/4 inches.
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