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Placed 8 ft. up in a wild cherry sprout thickly covered with honey suckle vines, at bottom of 30 ft. R.R. embankment along a brook in tree-row, well hidden. Loosely made of vine & grass stems, dead leaves & grape vine bark strips, thickly lined fine yellowish hone tendrils.
Date15 May 1912
LocalityRockledge, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.082358, -75.090515 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “started in all”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “7 seen on nest”)
Nest Height2.44 m (8 feet)
Nest Supportwild cherry sprout thickly covered with honey suckle vines
Nest Materialsvine stems, grass stems, dead leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine yellowish hone tendrils
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingbottom of 30 ft. R.R. embankment along a brook in tree-row
Nest Noteswell hidden, loosely made
HeaderCollection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Penna.
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