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Placed near edge of a large dense clump of blackberry brambles 5-7 feet high in meadow, near a road, and completely hidden. Largely made of sticks, twigs, grass stems, dead leaves and bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets, deeply cupped.
Date30 May 1924
LocalityDownington, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.983947, -75.675177 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “started”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by birds”)
Nest Height1.83 m (5-7 feet)
Nest Supportblackberry brambles
Nest Materialssticks, twigs, grass stems, dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settinglarge dense clump of blackberry brambles in meadow, near a road
Nest Notescompletely hidden, deeply cupped
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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