THE MASONS 



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" It often chooses the walls or doors of 

 chambers for this purpose, and when two 

 or three are at work in the same 

 place their loud humming keeps 

 the house in an uproar." ^ 



A little one of this genus 

 "makes a neat little nest shaped like a 

 carafe ; building rows of them together in 

 the corners of verandas." 



