Bird Notes. 
Nest of liiifous-iiecked We'dvev {Hi/p/iaiiti)niis ciini//(itiis). 
'I'lic al)ii\ (; plidto, has been sent to me by Mr. Shore Baily, together, 
witli the I'lillowiiig notes: 
" 'I'Ik^ nest was built cntii'i'ly by the hen and is tiie sih'oikI ,slie has 
" constrnclr<l liiis yciii-. I'lifoii niiiitcly slie did not hiy, and th^ cock, ap- 
" pai'i'iitly. toiiiv ]io interest i n t lit; (i)ierat ion, neither have 1 observed him 
" take any notice of the hen. " 
" The nest nieasured',1 inches in length, 22 inches circnnifereiice at the 
"widest part, the entrance; a))crture was 1} inches in diameter. It was con- 
" sti-ii(!t(^il entirely of Pain|)as gras-i, ami was so closely woven, that the 
" interior was (piite dry during the heaviest rain." 
"I venture to hop'j, that ne,\t year they may extend their operations 
" to the successful rearing of young." 
