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In swampy thicket situated six foot up in thin green brier tangle on a wild cherry sprout, fondly hidden, by a bunch of nettle. Loosely made of grass stems, dead leaves and some grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with vine tendrils; well cupped; of average size and nearly as high as wide.
Date09 May 1925
LocalityCarney's Point, Salem, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “female seen.”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportwild cherry sprout
Nest Materialsgrass stems, dead leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningvine tendrils
Nest Settingswampy thicket
Nest NotesIn thin green brier tangle, fondly hidden by a bunch of nettle. Loosely made, well cupped, of average size and nearly as high as wide.
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Pa.
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