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Held 2 eggs on 24th inst; situated 4 feet up in a thick clump of blackberry brambles six feet high in a meadow, between creek and road; completely hidden by foliage. Well made and deeply cupped of average size & composed of grass and weed stems, few dry tree leaves and grapevine bark strips, lined with black rootlets.
Date29 May 1919
LocalityGladwyne, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.033264, -75.294221 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown (transcribed as “three days”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “bird seen on nest”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportthick clump of blackberry brambles
Nest Materialsgrass, weed stems, dry tree leaves, grapevine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingmeadow, between creek and road
Nest Notesheld 2 eggs on 24th inst; brambles six feet high; completely hidden by foliage; well made and deeply cupped of average size
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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