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Made of corn shucks and rushes with a few leaves and twigs and lined with coarse rootlet, placed 3 1/2' high in hawthorne close to an old nest.
Date26 Apr 1919
LocalityPoplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, USA
Coordinates36.7122748, -90.406994 ↗ map
CollectorWheeler, H.E.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “both birds at nest.”)
Nest Height1.07 m (3.5 feet)
Nest Supporthawthorne
Nest Materialscorn shucks, rushes, leaves, twigs
Nest Liningcoarse rootlet
Nest Notesclose to an old nest
HeaderFROM THE OOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF REV. H. E. WHEELER
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