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Identity by loud-voiced female. Incubation all fresh. Nest was 9 feet up in a dense tangle of green-foliaged honeysuckle vine covered wild cherry sapling in thicket, and completely hidden by the foliage. Compactly made of grass and weed stems and stalks and mud, lined thickly with grass. Cavity 2 1/2 inches deep and 4 inches across top.
Date08 May 1907
LocalityPhiladelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeC
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “all fresh”)
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “by loud-voiced female”)
Nest Height2.74 m (9 feet)
Nest Supportwild cherry sapling
Nest Materialsgrass, weed stems, weed stalks, mud
Nest Lininggrass
Nest Settingdense tangle of green-foliaged honeysuckle vine covered wild cherry sapling in thicket
Nest NotesCompletely hidden by the foliage. Compactly made. Cavity 2 1/2 inches deep and 4 inches across top.
Further Details1527/3

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