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Of sticks grass and leaves lined with rootlets and fine grass 3 feet from ground in brier tangle on hillside about three miles north of Piney Creek, N. C.
Date24 May 1934
LocalityPiney Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
CollectorHarllee, H.L.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typec
Incubationone third (transcribed as “About 30%”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “Birds at nest”)
Nest Height0.91 m (3 feet)
Nest Supportbrier tangle
Nest Materialssticks, grass, leaves
Nest Liningrootlets, fine grass
Nest Settinghillside about three miles north of Piney Creek, N. C.
HeaderFrom the Oological Department of the Harllee Collections of Natural History
Further DetailsPrivate No. 3230 | Field No. 40 | 4-Apr

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