It was composed entirely of coarse dry grass, mixed with dried leaves, twigs, and bits of bark, but contained no feathers, rags, or such substances as are usually found in the nests of the other mynas.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
I particularly noticed when at Bareilly how very little trouble these mynas sometimes took in hatching their eggs, and I may quote what I then recorded about the matter:- In a nest in the wall of our verandah we found four young ones.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
Each nest was complete in itself and well lined, and as mynas are not sparing of their materials, the accumulated heap was nearly two feet deep.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume