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Placed about 5 1/2 feet up in blackberry bushes. Loosely made of sticks, vine stems, large grass stalks, few dry leaves and some bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets. Fairly well put together. 5 inches wide and 2 inches deep.
Date07 Jun 1906
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typec
Incubationone third (transcribed as “about third”)
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “by flushed female”)
Nest Height1.68 m (5.5 feet)
Nest Supportblackberry bushes
Nest Materialssticks, vine stems, large grass stalks, few dry leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest NotesLoosely made but fairly well put together. 5 inches wide and 2 inches deep.
HeaderCollection of Richard F. Miller.
Further DetailsJun-06

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