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Composed of small twigs with wall of leaves and strips of cedar bark lined with fine rootlets. Situated in a clump of bushes and briars.
Date27 May 1898
LocalityOld Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
CollectorClark, J.N.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typec
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “Certain”)
Nest Supportclump of bushes and briars
Nest Materialssmall twigs, leaves, strips of cedar bark
Nest Liningfine rootlets
Nest Settingclump of bushes and briars
HeaderSmithsonian New No. 704
Further Details704-1

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