Writing of nepal, Dr. Scully remarks:-"In the valley it lays in May and June; some twenty nests were once examined on the 23rd June, and half the number then contained young birds."
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
East of the Jumna, about Mussoorie, Teeree, Grurhwal, Kumaon, and in nepal, it is common.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
Mas nepal and Congo.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque