350 Recent Ornithological Publications. 
bird, 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 (Linnaeus). 
“ 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 he 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 f List of the Birds of Europe 3 * *, 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 and 
Stevenson. London : Triibner and Co. 1862. Price Is. 
