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Nest was situated 4 1/2 feet up in a thick clump of blackberry briers along a roadside, behind a fringe of trees and un-concealed. Loosely made of twigs, grass and weed stems and stalks, dry leaves and bark strips, thickly lined with yellowish-brown rootlets.
Date13 Jun 1907
LocalityTorresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.057092, -75.002899 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “all slight”)
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “Identity certain”)
Nest Height1.37 m (4.5 feet)
Nest Supportblackberry briers
Nest Materialstwigs, grass, weed stems, stalks, dry leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningyellowish-brown rootlets
Nest Settingthick clump of blackberry briers along a roadside, behind a fringe of trees
Nest Notesnest was un-concealed and loosely made
Further Details1637/4

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