i The 
AFRICAN BUPHAGA. 
Generic Character. 
Jit It, strait, subquadranguiar: Mandibles gibbous, 
entire, more gibbous on the outside. 
Feet formed for walking. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Brownish BUPHAGA, yellowish beneath, with 
wedge-shaped tail. 
Le Pic-Boeuf. 
Buf. ois. 3. p. 175. pi. 14. 
Pl. Enl. 293. 
AFRICAN Beef-Eater. 
Lath. Syn. 1. p. 359. 
The genus Buphaga, consisting at present of a 
single species duly, is distinguished by the subqua¬ 
dranguiar form of the beak, which is peculiarly cal¬ 
culated for the general manner of feeding in this 
bird : viz. that of picking out the larvae of oestri 
from the backs of cattle. It is a native of Senegal 
and was first discovered by Adanson. The plate 
represents it of somewhat more than half the natural 
size. 
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