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Placed four feet up in a holly sprout 6 feet high, in a thicket, vacant stem. Composed of twigs, grass stems, dead leaves, bark strips, and lined thickly with brown rootlets, of average size and well built.
Date31 May 1924
LocalityRio Grande, Cape May, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportholly sprout
Nest Materialstwigs, grass stems, dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Nest Settingthicket
Nest NotesHolly sprout was 6 feet high, vacant stem. Nest was of average size and well built, lined thickly with rootlets.
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, PA.
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