174 . BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



latter glossed with copper; quills and tail black, with obscure 

 purplish edges ; no spots on wing. Length, 8" ; wing, 4" 5'" ; 

 tail, 3" 5"'. . . 



I have received specimens from near Pietermaritzburg, and from 

 Mr. Chapman. 



346. Juida Leucogaster, Gm. ; PL Eni. 648 ; 



Cuv., VoL 6, p. 394 ; Pholidauges Leucogaster, Swain., 

 Nat. Lib., Vol. 11, PL 8. 



tf Violet ; belly white ; quills blackish. Length, 6" ; wings 

 3" 9'" ; tail, 2" 5'". 



P Upper parts dark-brown, mottled with red-brown, 

 chiefly on the head ; under parts white, marked with longi- 

 tudinal dark-brown spots. 



This bird has frequently been obtained in Natal ; and I have seen 

 many specimens from Damaraland, brought thence by Messrs. Anders- 

 son, Kisch, Green, and Chapman. It does not appear to extend into 

 the Cape Colony. 



The Sub-Family, BUPHAGIN2E, or Beef-Eaters, 



have the bill moderate, and broad, with the culmen slightly 

 depressed, and curved to the tip, which is entire ; the lateral 

 sides of the lower mandible broad, and the gonys short and 

 ascending ; the nostrils basal, small, and partly closed by a 

 membrane ; the wings long and pointed ; the tail long and 

 graduated, with the end of each feather pointed ; the tarsi 

 short and strong ; the toes moderate, strong, and armed with 

 moderate, much compressed, curved, and acute claws. 



Genus BUPHAGA, Linnseus. 



Bill strong, and broad at the base, with the culmen slightly 

 depressed, and curved to the tip, which is entire ; the lateral 

 sides of the Mower mandible broad, projecting posteriorly 

 under the eyes, and rounded ; the gonys moderate, and curved 

 upwards ; the nostrils basalj and lateral, with the opening 

 small, and partly closed by a membrane ; wings long, with 

 the first quill very short, and the second nearly as long as 

 the third, which is longest ; tail long, broad, and wedge- 

 shaped, with the end of each feather pointed ; tarsi as long as 

 the middle toe, strong, and covered with broad scales ; toes 

 moderate and strong, with the lateral toes nearly equal, the 

 outer united at the base, and the inner free ; the claws much 

 compressed, curved, and acute. 



