41, NECROPSAR. 42. BUPHAGA. 195 



I have described the specimens in the Paris Museum, as the old 

 bi rd is in splendid condition, and seems to be in brighter plumage 

 than the one recentty acquired by the British Museum, It was 

 procured as recently as 1833. 

 Hah. Island of liiiunion ; now believed to be extinct. 



a. Ad. sk. Reunion. Riocour Coll. 



41. NECROPSAE. „ 



Type. 



Necropsar, Slater, Phil. Trans, vol. 168, p. 427 N. rodericanus. 



Range. Apparently confined to the island of Rodriguez, where it 

 is now extinct. 



1. Necropsar rodericanus. 



Necropsar rodericanus, Gitnther ^~ E. Newton, Phil. Trans, vol. 168, 

 p. 427, pi. xlii. ligs. A-G (1879). 



The sub-fossil remains of this bird are described by Dr. Giinther 

 and Sir E. jN^ewton (I. c). The authors observe that the genus must 

 have been very nearly allied to Frer/ihqms, but had not so long or 

 so curved a bill, while it differed in further minor details. 



Hab. Rodriguez, 



a-ff. Skull and various bones. (Pev. H. H. Slater.) Transit of Venus 



Exped. 



Subfamily II, BUPHAGINtE. 

 42. BUPHAGA, 



Type. 

 Buphaga, Li?in. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 154 (1766) B. africana. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Bill yellow, red at the end ; tail-feathers 



rufous on the inner web africana, p. 195, 



b. Bill entirely red ; no rufous on the inner web 



of the tail-feathers erythrorhyncha, p. 196. 



1, Buphaga africana. 



Le Pique-Boeuf, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 437, pi. 42. fig. 2 (1760) ; Montb. 

 Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 175, pi. xiv. (1775) ; Levaill. Ois. cTAfr. ii, 

 p. 198, pi. 97 (1800) ; Sundeo. Krit. om Levaill. p. 3o (1857). 



Buphaga africana, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. ji. 154 (1766) ; Daud. Traite, 

 ii. p. 295 (1800) ; Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 200 (18-37) ; Grai/ 

 S,- Mitch. Gen. B. ii. p. 332, pi. 82 (1847); Bp. Comp. i. p. 423 

 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 202 (1850) ; StricM. 8f Scl. 

 Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 149; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 37 (1837); 

 Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 120 (1857); Monteiro, P. Z. S. 1865, 

 p. 94; Baker, Albert Nyanza, p. 117 (1866) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 

 p. 175 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 369; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. 

 p. 23, no. 6319 (1870); He^iyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 718 



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