304 Recent Ornithological Publications, 
range of fifty or sixty miles from the coast. Even there they are 
so rare that, though I looked out for them constantly, I killed 
hut three in all my expeditions. They are not gregarious, like 
the Guinea-fowl, but wander through the woods—a male, and 
one, or, at most, two females in company. They are very watch¬ 
ful, and fly off to retreats in the woods at the slightest alarm.” 
Another remarkable type, for the discovery of which we are 
indebted to Mr. Du Chaillu^s exertions, is the Alethe castanea, 
belonging to the Ant-eating series of the Old World, which em¬ 
braces Ixos and its allies. Of this bird we find the following- 
notice, p. 273:— 
“ Hunting in the rear of the village, on the 15th, I shot a 
curious bird, the Alethe castanea, a new species. It is said by 
the natives to have a devil in it—for what reason I could not 
discover; probably for none. But its habits make it singular. 
They fly in a small flock, and follow industriously the Bashikouay 
ants in their marches about the country. The bird is insecti¬ 
vorous; and when the Bashikouay army routs before it the 
frightened grasshoppers and beetles, the bird, like a regular 
camp-follower, pounces on the prey, and carries it off. I think 
it does not eat the Bashikouay.” 
Mr. Du Chaillu likewise confirms (p. 131) what Dr. Hartlaub 
has previously reported, on the authority of Pel, as to the habits 
of Gypohierax angolensis, that they are those of the Fishing-Eagles 
(IJaliaetus ). 
2. French Publications. 
We have seen the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th numbers of MM. 
Jaubert and Barthelemy La-Pommeraye’s ( Bichesses Ornitholo- 
giques de Midi de la France/ of which we have already noticed 
the first part (‘ Ibis/ 1859, p. 201). They contain much useful 
information to the student of the European Avifauna. 
M. Salle has printed a carefully-prepared sale-list of his 
Mexican birds*, which we are sure he will willingly forward to 
any of our correspondents who may desire to consult it. M, 
* Liste d’Oiseaux a vendre provenant des chasses faites en Amerique. 
Par M. A. Salle, 13 Rue Guy de la Brosse, a Paris. 
