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Held 1 egg on the 11th. Situated 5 feet up on grape vine entwined bush in a bushy field at Hatfield, well hidden. Possibly built and loosely put together, made of vine stems and tendrils, grass stems, grape and bark strips and lined thickly with fine and thin dark root average size and depth approx.
Date16 Jun 1926
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019711 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “started”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “saw female on nest”)
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supportgrape vine entwined bush
Nest Materialsvine stems, tendrils, grass stems, grape strips, bark strips
Nest Liningfine dark root, thin dark root
Nest Settingbushy field at Hatfield
Nest NotesWell hidden, possibly built and loosely put together, average size and depth
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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