Sure enough I was not mistaken; the prinia had a nest, but it contained only one egg.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
These are beyond all question the eggs of our Indian species, and the only type of them that I have yet observed; but the question remains-Is our Indian prinia cursitans, Franklin, really identical with the European C. schoenicola, Bonaparte?
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
462. prinia lepida, Blyth.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume