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Of whole leaves and large pieces of brown paper lined with grass stems in tangled vines growing on oak sapling in hog pasture 8 feet up near small branch about 8 miles east of Wallace, N. C.
Date19 Jun 1935
LocalityWallace, Duplin, North Carolina, USA
CollectorHarllee, H.L.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “Birds at nest”)
Nest Height2.44 m (8 feet)
Nest Supportoak sapling
Nest Materialswhole leaves, large pieces of brown paper
Nest Lininggrass stems
Nest Settingtangled vines in hog pasture
Nest NotesLocated near small branch about 8 miles east of Wallace, N.C.
HeaderFrom the Oological Department of the Harllee Collections of Natural History
Further Details4-May
✦ Anecdote
This nest is unusual for incorporating large pieces of brown paper as a primary structural material alongside the more typical leaves.

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