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Placed 3 1/2 ft up in clump of blackberry bushes on lower side of quarry bank by path in woods. Lovely made of weed stalks, dead leaves and weed and bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets; of normal size and well cupped.
Date27 May 1913
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.085099, -75.047265 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by birds”)
Nest Height1.07 m (3.5 feet)
Nest Supportclump of blackberry bushes
Nest Materialsweed stalks, dead leaves, weed and bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settinglower side of quarry bank by path in woods
Nest NotesLovely made, of normal size and well cupped
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
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