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Composed of leaves, weeds and strips of grape vine bark, lined with vine tendrils. Built two feet up in a small American beech sapling which grew on a hillside in the lower part of a large wood a short distance above a road.
Date28 Apr 1906
LocalityWaynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.898168, -80.186349 ↗ map
CollectorDickey, Samuel S.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “Female flushed”)
Nest Height0.61 m (2 feet)
Nest Supportsmall American beech sapling
Nest Materialsleaves, weeds, strips of grape vine bark
Nest Liningvine tendrils
Nest Settinghillside in the lower part of a large wood a short distance above a road
Nest NotesJames Easter was with me.
HeaderCollection of S. S. Dickey, Waynesburg, PA.
Further DetailsJames Easter was with me. | 16/3

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