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Of fine twigs lined with rootlets, placed in a small bush three feet from the ground. The nest was slightly concealed by overhanging branches and in a dry creek bottom in thick mesquite associations.
Date06 Jun 1923
LocalityPima, Arizona, USA
Coordinates31.97023, -111.889896 ↗ map
CollectorBancroft, Griffing
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeB
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “started”)
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “certain”)
Nest Height0.91 m (3 feet)
Nest Supportsmall bush
Nest Materialsfine twigs
Nest Liningrootlets
Nest Settingdry creek bottom in thick mesquite associations
Nest NotesThe nest was slightly concealed by overhanging branches.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION GRIFFING BANCROFT AND GRIFFING BANCROFT, JR. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Further Details89753 P | 3362

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