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Placed 4 1/2 ft up in dense greenbriar tangle 4 ft high in edge of woods by farm, near creek. Well made of grasses leaf petioles, bark strips (birch) & several dead leaves, lined thickly with fine yellowish grasses. Nest & deeply cupped
Date17 Apr 1919
LocalityJordantown, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “same on nest”)
Nest Height1.37 m (4.5 feet)
Nest Supportdense greenbriar tangle
Nest Materialsgrasses, leaf petioles, bark strips (birch), dead leaves
Nest Liningfine yellowish grasses
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingedge of woods by farm
Nest NotesWell made and deeply cupped nest placed in 4 foot high greenbriar tangle
HeaderCOLLECTION OF ERNEST A. BUTLER, PHILADELPHIA. PENNA.
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