But it is not only a delight to me to listen to the lark singing at heaven's gate and to the vesper nightingale in the oak copse-the singer of a golden throat and wondrous artistry; I also love the smaller vocalists-the modest shufewing and the lesser whitethroat and the yellowhammer with his simple chant.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
583. Of the nidification of the Lesser whitethroat within our limits, I only know that it was found in May, breeding abundantly in Cashmere in the lower hills, by Mr. Brooks.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
Mr. Brooks writes:-"I found this whitethroat tolerably numerous in Cashmere, where it appears generally distributed, occurring at from 5500 to 6500 feet elevation or thereabouts, It frequents places where there is abundance of brushwood or underwood, especially along the banks of rivers or near them.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume