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Of grass leaves and strings lined with rootlets 8 feet up in apple tree of apple-orchard by roadside about two miles east of Piney Creek, N. C.
Date26 May 1934
LocalityPiney Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
CollectorHarllee, H.L.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationone third (transcribed as “About 25%”)
Identificationpositive
Nest Height2.44 m (8 feet)
Nest Supportapple tree
Nest Materialsgrass leaves, strings
Nest Liningrootlets
Nest Settingapple orchard by roadside
Nest NotesLocated about two miles east of Piney Creek, N.C.
HeaderFrom the Oological Department of the Harllee Collections of Natural History
Further DetailsPrivate No. 3231 | Field No. 50 | 4-May

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