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Nest placed 30 inches up in holly sprout 5 feet high and 15 inches thick, in border of an oak thicket. Composed of fine sticks, dead leaves and bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets, of average size and well cupped.
Date03 Jun 1923
LocalityRio Grande, Cape May, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “3 days incubated.”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “7 seen.”)
Nest Height0.76 m (30 inches)
Nest Supportholly sprout
Nest Materialsfine sticks, dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingborder of an oak thicket
Nest NotesHolly sprout was 5 feet high and 15 inches thick. Nest described as average size and well cupped.
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