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Placed 4 ft. up in clump of blackberry bushes five feet high in briary bushy field bordering a road. Loosely made of twigs, dead leaves & bark strips, thickly lined with black rootlets.
Date04 Jun 1912
LocalityChestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.071857, -75.209502 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “started”)
Identificationpositive
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportclump of blackberry bushes
Nest Materialstwigs, dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingbriary bushy field bordering a road
Nest NotesBlackberry bushes were five feet high. Nest was loosely constructed but thickly lined.
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
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