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Placed 1 1/2 ft. up in a thick clump of Wild Rose bushes 3 ft. high in edge of thicket in bushy field, by a path. Loosely made of few twigs, many dead leaves & some weed strips, lined thickly with black rootlets. Size 5"x3"; 2 1/2"x1 1/2".
Date02 Jun 1911
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.074109, -75.027505 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationone third (transcribed as “one fourth”)
Identificationpositive
Nest Height0.46 m (1.5 feet)
Nest SupportWild Rose bushes
Nest Materialstwigs, dead leaves, weed strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingthick clump of Wild Rose bushes in edge of thicket in bushy field, by a path
Nest NotesLoosely made nest. Size 5"x3"; 2 1/2"x1 1/2".
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
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