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Situated 4 feet up in a clump of thick blackberry brambles six feet high, in a bushy field at Hartel's, well hidden. Composed of fine twigs, vine tendrils, grass stems, weed fibers and grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets, quite compact, deeply cupped and of normal size.
Date27 May 1919
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019711 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown (transcribed as “2 days”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “saw bird on nest”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportblackberry brambles
Nest Materialsfine twigs, vine tendrils, grass stems, weed fibers, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingbushy field
Nest NotesLocated in a clump of thick blackberry brambles six feet high at Hartel's, well hidden. Nest described as quite compact, deeply cupped and of normal size.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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