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at point; the under mandible strongest; nostrils at the base of 
the bill, half covered by ap arched membrane; tarsus longer 
than the middle toe ; wings of medium length ; first quills very 
short, second nearly as long as the third. 
Buphaya Africana. — The African Ox. Pecker. 
Plate XXXVII. fig. 1. 
Upper parts rust-coloured, under parts pale; feathers of the tail 
somewhat acuminated. Six inches and a half long. Inhabits 
Africa. 
Genus 13.—B OMB Y CIVORA.— Temminck. 
Generic Character .—Bill thick, depressed, and trigonal at its 
base, convex below; upper mandible a little curved towards the 
point, with a slight notch ; nostrils ovoid, open, situated at the 
base of the bill, hidden by hairs which incline forward ; three 
toes before and one behind, the exterior one joined to that of 
the middle; wings of moderate length, the first and second quills 
the longest. 
Bombycivora garrula. — The Bohemian Wax-Wing. 
Plate XXXIX. fig. 10. 
Head crested ; crest, neck, back, and breast, chestnut colour; 
rump, tail coverts, and hypochondria, ash-colour; crissum 
orange-yellow; forehead and cheeks reddish-brown; middle 
wing-feathers purplish-brown ; remiges and quills dusky, which, 
with the middle wing feathers, have spots of white; four of 
the secondaries have bright scarlet appendages; tail dusky, 
broadly tipped with yellow at its base; from the base of the 
bill, which is black, extending around the ophthalmic region, is 
a velvety black line. Length eight inches. Inhabits Europe, 
America, and Asia. 
Genus 14.—PTILONORYNCHUS.— Khul. 
Generic Character. —Bill strong, short, depressed at the base, 
slightly bent, and with a small notch at the point; nostrils late- 
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