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Placed five feet upon a thick clump of blackberry bushes 7 feet high, in field near a wood, and well hidden. Largely made of twigs (fine), weed, grass and small stems, few dead leaves and bark strips, lined thickly with fine vine tendrils, deeply cupped and of average size.
Date18 May 1925
LocalityWalnut Hill, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.09694, -75.07833 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “female seen on nest”)
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supportthick clump of blackberry bushes
Nest Materialsfine twigs, weed, grass, small stems, few dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningfine vine tendrils
Nest Settingfield near a wood
Nest Noteswell hidden, deeply cupped and of average size, bushes 7 feet high
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Pa.
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