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Placed four feet up in a thick Holly about six feet high in a thickety salt meadow and well hidden. Lovely made of grass and vine stems, grape-vine bark strips and lined with fine weedish vine stems; deeply cupped.
Date25 May 1924
LocalityCape May Crt. Hse., Cape May, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest SupportHolly
Nest Materialsgrass, vine stems, grape-vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine weedish vine stems
Nest Settingthickety salt meadow
Nest NotesPlaced in a thick Holly about six feet high, well hidden and deeply cupped
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Pa.
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