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Situated 4 ft. up in thorn bush of blackberry briers in a thicket by roadside, fondly hidden from view. Composed of grasses, vine tendrils, dry leaves, layer of grape vine bark strips and lined thinly with black rootlets, loosely constructed, of average size, well cupped.
Date24 May 1919
LocalityWest Manayunk, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.036859, -75.246034 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “saw bird on nest”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportthorn bush of blackberry briers
Nest Materialsgrasses, vine tendrils, dry leaves, layer of grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingthicket by roadside
Nest Notesfondly hidden from view, loosely constructed, of average size, well cupped
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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