BIAN of the Ausonians.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque
Major Wardlaw Ramsay observes on the label of a specimen procured by him at BIAN Kheyl in Afghanistan in April, "evidently breeding"; and on that of another specimen shot in May at the same place, "contained eggs nearly ready to lay."
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
