BUPHAGA. OX-PECKER, 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum rectum, crassius-|| Bill strait, thickish, squarish, 

 ' culum, subquadratum, gibbous towards the tip. 



versus apicem gibbosum. 

 Pedes ambulatorii. Feet formed for walking. 



AFRICAN OX-PECKER. 



Buphaga Africana. B. ferrugineo-fusca, subtus pallidior, rcctri- 



cibus subacuminatis. 

 Ferruginous-brown Ox-Pecker, paler beneath, with subacumi- 



nated tail-feathers. 



Buphaga Africana. Lin. Syst. Nat. Lat/t. ind. orn. 

 Le Pic-bo3uf. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 293. 

 Le Pique-Boauf. Levaill. ois. afr. pi. 97. 

 African Beef-Eater. Lath. syn. 



HE bird which constitutes the present genus 

 is an inhabitant of the hotter parts of Africa, and 

 is said to be frequent in Senegal, where its chief 

 food consists in the larvae of Oestri or Gad-Flies, 

 which it picks out of the skin of the larger cattle, 

 thus delivering them from the trouble occasioned 

 by those noxious insects. It is for this reason 

 that the generic name of Buphaga has been 

 applied. 



