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Held same eggs on the 21st inst. Placed 5 1/2 ft. up in wild grape-greenbrier tangle on edge of thicket in low woods. Of weedgrass stems, a few small twigs & layer of wild grape vine bark strips lined thickly with grass blades; loosely put together, well cupped.
Date27 Apr 1917
LocalityFish House, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “5 days”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by birds”)
Nest Height1.68 m (5.5 feet)
Nest Supportwild grape-greenbrier tangle
Nest Materialsweedgrass stems, small twigs, wild grape vine bark strips
Nest Lininggrass blades
Nest Settingedge of thicket in low woods
Nest Notesheld same eggs on the 21st inst.; loosely put together, well cupped
HeaderCollection of E. A. Butler.
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