The chief materials of the nests are dry blades of grass and bamboo-leaves; but these are only seen at the bottom of the nests, the sides and upper margins being completely felted over with green moss.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
They were all placed in brushwood at 2 to 3 feet above the ground, and they are all precisely similar, being rather massive shallow cups, composed of very fine black roots firmly felted together, and with a few dead leaves or scraps of moss in most of them incorporated in one portion or other of the outer surface.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
The nest is, for the size of the bird, a large cup, externally entirely composed of green moss firmly felted together.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume