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Nest made of leaves, grass, weed-stems, inner grapevine bark and lined with grass-stems; placed 2 feet up in dense clump of blackberry bushes, not yet in foliage; but nest not conspicuous.
Date27 Apr 1899
LocalityAnderson, Madison, Indiana, USA
CollectorSmith, Charles Piper
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationunknown (transcribed as “O-b-B-B”)
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “♀ flushed, both well seen.”)
Nest Height0.61 m (2 feet)
Nest Supportdense clump of blackberry bushes
Nest Materialsleaves, grass, weed-stems, inner grapevine bark
Nest Lininggrass-stems
Nest Settingblackberry bushes not yet in foliage
Nest Notesnest not conspicuous
Further Details67

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