The nest was neatly built, exteriorly of leaves and coarse roots, and finished off Interiorly with finer fibres and roots; depth about 2 inches; inside diameter 6 inches.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
It is very loosely put together, and composed Interiorly of moderately fine dry twigs and roots, but exteriorly it is completely wound round with slender green ivy-twigs to which the leaves are attached.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
The nest is a bulky structure, some 6 or 8 inches in external diameter, and 4 inches in height, composed chiefly of coarse reeds, becoming finer Interiorly till the egg-cup is reached, where the grasses employed are tolerably fine and neatly interwoven.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume