250 CURIOUS HOMES AND THEIR TENANTS. 



and is raised so as to keep dry should heavy rains 

 iJood other parts of the house, altliougli the entrance 

 is so well made that this could not often happen. 

 The large back room is the bedroom, and actually 

 contains a large, soft bed of dried grasses and leaves. 



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Here the eggs are hatched and the young reared by 

 the united care of both parents. The nestlings are 

 almost naked, very helpless, and grow very slowly, but 



