204 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
mass of new information will be found records of the habits 
and nesting of Nasiterna pusio, Eclectus pectoralis , 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 
'Weaver-bird. By F. Finn. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1899, p. 77.] 
Ploceus 7'utledgi is based by Mr. Finn on living specimens 
obtained by Mr.W. Butledge 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 o/Panyptila cayanensis. 
[A Lenda Amazonica del Caure. Pelo Dr. Emilio A. Goeldi. Bol. 
Mus. Paraense, 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 
te Caure,” i. e. Falco 7'ufigvlaris, 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 errors referring to them. The 
nest of Panyptila cayanensis is in fact a diminutive form of 
that of P. sandi-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. Hartert. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 206 (1899).] 
Mr. Hartert has already catalogued the birds collected by 
Mr. Meek on Sudest and Rossel Islands of the Louisiade 
group ( cf . Ibis, 1899, pp. 321, 650). He now gives us an 
