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Placed 3 1/2 feet up in a clump of thick green briers in thicket and well hidden. Made of grass stems, stalks and leaves, vine stems and weed stalks, dry leaves and bark strips in thin layers, lined thickly with beach rootlets. Rather compactly put together and well cupped. Width outside 5 inches, inside 3 inches; depth outside 3 inches, inside 1 1/2 inches.
Date25 May 1906
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.094074, -75.042399 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “ascertained”)
Nest Height1.07 m (3.5 feet)
Nest Supportclump of thick green briers
Nest Materialsgrass stems, stalks and leaves, vine stems and weed stalks, dry leaves and bark strips
Nest Liningbeach rootlets
Nest Settingthicket
Nest NotesWell hidden, rather compactly put together and well cupped. Width outside 5 inches, inside 3 inches; depth outside 3 inches, inside 1.5 inches.
HeaderCollection of Richard F. Miller.
Further Details#1406 | Mar-06

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