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Nest built 4 feet up in a thick clump of arrow-wood bushes five feet high, bottom on four-fungus resting in a thicket, and completely hidden. Well made of weed stalks, fine twigs, vine stems, grasses, grape vine bark strips, weed strips, and lined thickly with brown rootlets.
Date25 May 1932
LocalityTorresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.043353, -74.99598 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportarrow-wood bushes
Nest Materialsweed stalks, fine twigs, vine stems, grasses, grape vine bark strips, weed strips
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Nest Settingthick clump of arrow-wood bushes five feet high in a thicket
Nest NotesBottom on four-fungus resting in a thicket, and completely hidden. Well made and lined thickly.
HeaderBirds Nest
Further DetailsFritration Point | 211/4

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