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actually is beneath. The Ived-billed Weaver, vvlien unniated, 
builds almost a sphere, witli tlie entrance hole very fre(|ucnt]v 
in almost the identical position of a \vaxl:)iirs; but the nest ol' a 
pair is of a very different type, beini;' qnite elli])tical and deej) willi 
the entrance hole quite high up, as in the illustration herewith 
this photo was taken after the young" had emerged several days. 
;ind the entrance hole had been much enlarged in a downward 
direction, either to allow the young freer egress, or soon after 
they had emerged; for some days after the young made their 
exit, the three young and both parents crowded into the nest 
Nest of Red-billed Weaver. 
each evening- and slept there, doing this so long as they were 
still fed by their parents. In the genus Hvf^luDitomis there is 
very little difference between a bachelor nest and the nest of a 
breeding pair, the former merely lacking lining, wdiich portion 
of the work is invariably done by the hen bird. 
The two photos of nests in my aviary which illustrate 
these notes are the w-ork of an unmated male Rufous-necked 
