Nesting sites. Nesting sites are probably associated with the types of cover used by the shrews. These include: brush piles (Baker, 1966; Vaughan, 1954); rubbish (Turkowski and Brown, 1969); tree logs (Blair, 1954); weeds and thorny scrub (Jones et al. , 1962); and in bee hives (Willett, 1939). They are commonly associated 'with woodrats and have been taken frequently in their dens (Preston and Martin, 1963; Davis, 1941; Baker and Hsu, 1970). Nests are built by both sexes and are usually less than 50 mm in diameter. Construction materials have included: web-silk of the bee moth (Dixon, 1924); cornsilk, fine grass and feathers (Dixon, 1924