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Nest 20 feet up in Jersey pine in edge of mixed woods by roadside, about 8 feet out on a horizontal limb, saddled to it, near the extremity; on limb about 3 inches thickest. Nest well made of grasses and mud, lined thickly with dry grasses. McMullen climbed and secured the eggs and gave them to me.
Date04 May 1915
LocalityMagnolia, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest
Nest Height6.1 m (20 feet)
Nest SupportJersey pine
Nest Materialsgrasses, mud
Nest Liningdry grasses
Nest Settingedge of mixed woods by roadside
Nest NotesNest 8 feet out on a horizontal limb, saddled to it, near the extremity; on limb about 3 inches thick. Nest well made. McMullen climbed and secured the eggs and gave them to me.
HeaderOölogical Collection of Richard F. Miller.
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