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Placed a meter up in a dense clump of Privet bushes six feet high and a yard thick, in large meadow containing few scattered trees; well hidden. Composed of grass and weed stems, twigs, weed strips and dead leaves, lined thickly with brown rootlets; of average size, deeply cupped and substantially built.
Date21 May 1925
LocalityGwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.20167, -75.25556 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “female seen”)
Nest Height1.0 m (1 meter)
Nest Supportdense clump of Privet bushes
Nest Materialsgrass, weed stems, twigs, weed strips, dead leaves
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Nest Settinglarge meadow containing few scattered trees
Nest NotesWell hidden in bushes six feet high and a yard thick; of average size, deeply cupped and substantially built.
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Pa.
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