204 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



mass of new information will be found records of the habits 

 and nesting of Nasiterna pusio, Eclectus pecturalis, Tanysi- 

 ptera nigriceps, Macropteryx mystacea^ and many other strange 

 species, 



11. Finn on a new Indian Weaver-bird. 



[Exhibition of Two Living Specimens of a new Indian Species of 

 AVcaver-bird. By F. Finn. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1899, p. 77.] 



Ploceus rutledgi is based by Mr. Finn on living specimens 

 obtained by Mr.W. Rutledge from NainiTal, where the species 

 is " probably not uncommon. ^^ It is closely allied to P. baya, 

 but larger and entirely yellow beneath. It is strange, indeed^ 

 that such a novelty should have hitherto escaped notice. 



12. Goeldi on the Nest of Panyptila cayanensis. 



[A Lenda Amazouica del Canre. Pelo Dr. Emilio A. Goeldi. Bol. 

 Mus. Favaense, ii. p. 430 (1898).] 



It seems that the long purse-like nest of the Cayenne 

 Swift, Panyptila cayanensis, is in Lower Amazonia uni- 

 versally attributed to the little Falcon, there popularly called 

 " Caure," i. e. Falco rufiynlaris, and that various legends and 

 superstitions are connected with these nests, which are much 

 valued at Para. Dr. Goeldi has now demonstrated what 

 species is the real maker of those beautiful structures, and 

 the baselessness of the vulgar error -i referring to them. The 

 nest of Panyptila cayanensis is in fact a diminutive form of 

 that of P. sancti-hieronymi, first discovered by Salvin in 

 Guatemala {not in Guiana, as Dr. Goeldi seems to suppose). 

 The Guianan species of Panyptila is the same as the Ama- 

 zonian, namely, P. cayanensis. See Ibis, 1897, p. 262. 



13. Hartert on the Birds of St. Aignan. 



[On the Birds collected by Mr. Meek on St. Aignan Island in the 

 Louisiade Archipelago. By E. Ilarteil. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 200 (1899).] 



jVIr. Hartert has already catalogued the birds collected b}'^ 

 Mr. JVIeek on Sudest and llossel Islands of the Louisiade 

 group (c/. Ibis, 1899, pp. 321, C50). He now gives us an 



