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Nest placed two feet upon top of a bushy holly sprout in border of a dense oak thicket near a swol. Loosely made of fine twigs, grass and vine stems, several dead leaves and grape vine bark strips lined thickly with blackish rootlets, deeply cupped.
Date27 May 1923
LocalityRio Grande, Cape May, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationhalf (transcribed as “6 days incubated”)
Identificationunknown (transcribed as “No birds about”)
Nest Height0.61 m (2 feet)
Nest Supportbushy holly sprout
Nest Materialsfine twigs, grass, vine stems, dead leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningblackish rootlets
Nest Settingborder of a dense oak thicket near a swol
Nest NotesLoosely made, deeply cupped
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