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Quiet motor up in recumbent mass of arrowwood bushes 4½ feet high and entwined thickly with grape vines, on edge of a bushy thicket, by road, at bottom of steep wooded bluff and well hidden. Can foot under near the last year's nest. Large, deeply cupped, well made of vine stems, grass stems and blades, and a thin layer of fine grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with fine straw colored race tendrils.
Date19 Apr 1928
LocalityPensauken, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.37 m (4.5 feet)
Nest Supportarrowwood bushes entwined with grape vines
Nest Materialsvine stems, grass stems and blades, thin layer of fine grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine straw colored race tendrils
Nest Settingrecumbent mass of arrowwood bushes entwined thickly with grape vines, on edge of bushy thicket, by road, at bottom of steep wooded bluff
Nest NotesWell hidden, large and deeply cupped, well made. Located near last year's nest.
Further DetailsFour Nest | 112/3

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