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Placed five foot up in a clump of thick black berry bushes in dairy field, near a road, and well hidden by the foliage. Composed of sticks, weed, grass and vine stems, dead leaves, grape and bush strips, and lined thickly with black rootlets; well built, deeply cupped and of normal size.
Date31 May 1919
LocalityWalnut Hill, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.09694, -75.07833 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “birds seen”)
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supportclump of thick black berry bushes
Nest Materialssticks, weed, grass and vine stems, dead leaves, grape and bush strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingdairy field, near a road
Nest Noteswell hidden by the foliage, well built, deeply cupped and of normal size
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, PA.
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