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about it are well laid out, and it has become the 

 favourite re.^idence uf the present governor ; and 

 when compared to the government-house at 

 Sydney, well merits his choice. 



year, and were now busily Of^gS^ed in con- 

 structino; their nests under the eves of houses ; 

 the nests dilier from those of the European 

 spfiQies, in having a bottle-shaped neck. 



Species were the same ; but^I^NdO. l^h' 

 servation I sliould thiTd< they were different. 

 When these little Idrds arc uot in tlie vieinity of 

 the dwellings of mau, they construct their nests 

 in: the hollow ttpQka <^ iik^^ m ov^- 

 htal^ng TXtQis^ hit always seem lot pieier the 

 society or protection of tlie human race : manj^ 

 are seen hosily cno-ao-cd in -the coiistnielion of a 

 nest, forming a ''co-operative society;"" when 



iker am $<»astn3;eted in a ^a^iim $hmi 

 the dweltixig, where, 'bdiig built of mnd, the 



ap|)earaiK:e is unsightly, they are frequently 

 knocked dowTj ; hut this will uot deter the in* 

 dustrious little creatures from re-b\ulding in the 

 same situations, until, being repeatedly destroyed , 

 ^bj^ ara obHged to imk ff>t anotbe^ ^lace of 

 refuge. 



