East of the house was a long lawn, secluded from the open Park by a beautiful, wildly growing hedge of gorse, berberis, bramble, hawthorn, and wild roses.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
Mr. Davison remarks that "this species builds in bushes or trees at about 6 to 20 feet from the ground: a thorny thick bush is generally preferred, berberis asiatica being a favourite.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
Mr. W. Davison says:-"About the first week in March 1871, I found at Ootacamund a nest of this bird placed in the fork of one of the topmost branches of a rather tall berberis leschenaulti.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume