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5? weeks, leaves & grass. Lined with fine rootlets. About 7 feet up in white-brush brush in brushy woods along creek bank. Sitting female permitted me to come within four feet before leaving nest.
Date09 Jun 1930
LocalitySomerset, Bexar, Texas, USA
Coordinates29.23099, -98.65723 ↗ map
CollectorKirn, Albert J.B.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “begun”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “Female sitting”)
Nest Supportwhite-brush
Nest Materialsleaves, grass
Nest Liningfine rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingbrushy woods along creek bank
Nest NotesSitting female permitted me to come within four feet before leaving nest.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF ALBERT J. B. KIRN
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