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Of dry weed stems and strips of bark, lined with fine roots, placed 5 feet up in an elderberry bush in a thicket.
Date07 May 1955
LocalityPatagonia, Santa Cruz, Arizona, USA
CollectorPeyton, Sidney B.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typec
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “trace.”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “birds at nest.”)
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supportelderberry bush
Nest Materialsdry weed stems, strips of bark
Nest Liningfine roots
Nest Settingthicket
HeaderFROM THE OOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF L. G. AND S. B. PEYTON, FILLMORE, CALIFORNIA
Further Details1/3/1955

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