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About two feet up in a clump of blackberry bushes-yard high, in small clearing, in dense thicket of bushes in a field, near a small, well hidden. Loosely made of vine stems, weed stems, & partially decayed white oak leaves, & grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with fine Spanish vine tendrils; deeply cupped and of average size.
Date06 Jul 1924
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019711 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by female”)
Nest Supportclump of blackberry bushes
Nest Materialsvine stems, weed stems, partially decayed white oak leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine Spanish vine tendrils
Nest Settingsmall clearing in dense thicket of bushes in a field
Nest NotesLoosely made, deeply cupped and of average size, well hidden
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Pa.
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