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Placed 2 feet up in clump of blackberry bushes in edge of a thicket & well hidden. Loosely made of few twigs, dead leaves, barks & weed strips, lined thickly with yellowish brown rootlet.
Date25 Jun 1910
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.03766, -75.017701 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationhalf (transcribed as “one half; 1 addled”)
Identificationunknown (transcribed as “by form nest”)
Nest Height0.61 m (2 feet)
Nest Supportclump of blackberry bushes
Nest Materialsfew twigs, dead leaves, barks, weed strips
Nest Liningyellowish brown rootlet
Nest Settingedge of a thicket
Nest Noteswell hidden, loosely made, lined thickly with yellowish brown rootlet
HeaderCollection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Penna.
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