42. BTJPHAGA. 197 



Buphaga ervtbrorhyncha, Temm. PL Col. ii. pi. 465 (1828) ; RUpp. 

 Kme Wirb., Vog. p. 23 (1835-40) ; id. Si/st. Uebers. p. 76 (184o) ; 

 Grny, Gen. B. ii. p. 332 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 423 (1S5U); Cab. 

 Mui Hein. Th. i. p. 202 (1850) ; Blyfh, J. A. S. Beng. xxiv. p. 30] 

 (1855) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 37 (1856) ; Horsf. i^ Moore, Cat. 

 B. Mus. E.l. Co. ii. p. 522 (1856) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 121 

 (1857); Heugl. IH^, 1859, p. 342; Speke, Ibis, 1800, p. 246; 

 Hengl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 304; Gurney, Ibis, 1863, p. 328 ; Brehm, 

 Bets. Hahesch, pp. 217, 331 (1863); Antin. Cat. descrr. Ucc. 

 p. 62 (1864); layard, B. S. Afr.-p. 175 (1867); Gwfiey, Ibis, 

 1868, p. 160 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 23, no. 6320 (1870) ; Heugl. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 716 (1870), iv. App. p. cliv (1871) ; Blanf. 

 Geol. ^- Zool. Abip^s. p. 401 (1870) ; Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 260 

 (1870) ; id. ^- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 384 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Afr. B. p. 57 ( 1871 ) ; layard. Ibis, 1871, p. 106 ; Antin. ii,- Salvad. 

 Viagq. Boqos, p. 124 (1873) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1873, p. 25(5; Shelley, 

 Ibis,'l875, p. 77; Fischer ^- Reicken. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 261 ; Cab. 

 t. c. p. 233; Fischer, J.f. O. 1870, p. 292; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. 

 Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 107 (1881); Butler, Feilden, ^- Reid, Zool. 

 1882, p. 255 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard' s B. S. Afr. pp. 420, 846 (1884) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. 3Ius. Genov. (2) i. p. 196 (1884) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. 

 ges. Orn. i. p. 334 (1884); id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 132; Shelley, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 410 ; Matschie. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 154 ; JF. Ai/res, 

 Ibh, 1887, p. 58; Reichen. J. f. 6. 1887, p. 67: Gigl. Ann. Mus. 

 Genov. (2) vi. p. 29 (1888) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 207 (1888). 



Adult. Similar to B. africana, but with the bill wholly red, and 

 wanting the rufous colour of the tail: "iris fiery vermilion ; bare 

 orbits yellow, below surrounded with lilac ; feet greyish dusky " 

 {Heucjlin). Total 8'3 inches, culmen 0'7, wing ■i-Qb, tail 3'5, tarsus 

 0-8. 



The sexes are alike in colour. 



Yonng. Similar to the adult, but duller in colour and having a 

 dusky bill. 



Hah. Nearly the whole of Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



b. S ad. sk. Senaf6, Tigre, Feb. 23. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Ailat, Bogos Land, June 26 ( W. Tweeddale Coll. 



Jesse). 



d. S ad. sk. Ailat, June 29. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Ailat (Esler). Shelley Coll. 



/. S ad. sk. Maragaz, July 29 ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



g, h. c? ad. et Anseba Valley, July, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



juv. sk. ^ " ^ [C.]. 



i,k. Ad sk. Durban, Natal, March and April Shelley Coll. 



((?. E. S.). 



I, m. Ad. sk. Durban (Gordge). Shelley Coll. 



K. Ad. sk. Pinetown, Natal, March 22 (T. Shelley Coll. 



L. Ayres). 



0. 2 ad. sk. Swaziland, June 19 {T. E. Shelley Coll. 



Buckley). 



p. (S ad. sk. Kitui, in Ukamba, April. Dr. Hildebrandt. 



7, »•. cJ 2 ad. sk. Angollala, Shoa, May {Sir W. ludia Museum. 



C. Harris). 



