350 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



birdj though the natives declared that it was not. The nest is 

 composed of the strips of leaves of, I think, a species of palm-tree, 

 each strip being from an eighth to a quarter of an inch wide, 

 and very neatly woven together, 21 inches long and 7 broad, — 

 the entrance being at the bottom, and leading up a narrow sort 

 of pipe 9 inches long, and turning down again into a roomy 

 chamber for the reception of the eggs or young. It was sus- 

 pended from the top of a bamboo. In the forest of Chasmanna 

 I observed a pair of Weaver-birds building, but I did not obtain 

 either. 



42. Foudia madagascariensis (LiunEeus). 

 « Fody." 



Very common at Fenerive, and also frequently seen on the 

 Hivondrona. The males were beginning to assume their red 

 plumage. 



43. Spermestes nana (Puch.). 



Common, especially where there is or has been cultivation. 

 They generally keep in flocks of from a dozen to fifty. 



44. Mirafra hova, Hartlaub. 

 " Borea." 



In the neighbourhood of Foule Point this Lark is tolerably 

 numerous, but not nearly so common as on the great plain near 

 the Mangourou. On the 15th of September I observed one 

 with building-material in its mouth. Iris brown, beak and legs 

 flesh-colour. 



[To be continued.] 



XXX. — Recent Ornithological Publications. 

 1. English Publications. 



Some of our correspondents, who have expressed in their letters 

 their wishes for a new and authentic catalogue of the European 

 Avifauna, will, we feel sure, be pleased with the acquisition of 

 Prof. Blasius's ' List of the Birds of Europe ' *, lately reprinted 



* A List of the Birds of Europe. By Prof. J. H. Blasius. Reprinted 

 from the German, with the author's corrections. Norwich : Matchett au(i 

 Stevenson. London : Triibner and Co. 18G2. Price Is. 



