It was after they had cared for the Gul Moti with the best they had-water from a mountain stream and food Neela Deo had carried, in a shelter made of tender deodar tips, where she now slept on a bed made of the same-that the mahouts told the Chief Commissioner and Skag, all they themselves had seen.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
The nest is usually placed in some low, densely-foliaged branch of a tree, at say from 3 to 8 feet from the ground; but I recently obtained one placed in a thick tuft of grass, growing at the roots of a young deodar, not above 6 inches from the ground.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
So far as my own experience goes, the nests are always placed in very thick bushes or in low thick branches of some tree, the deodar appearing to be a great favourite.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume