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the avifauna evidently merges witli that of the Mangwe 

 District, insomuch, as I am informed by natives, Vultures 

 ("amanqi"), Sand-grouse ("isikwalakwala"), and Knorhaan 

 ('' umzwilizwili ") occur in the adjoining mopani country. 

 In 1908 I collected around Fortusher ; in 1910 and 1911 

 brief visits were paid to the Rhodes' Dam and other 

 localities ; whilst I was resident on Lucydale farm from 

 January to May, 1912, and then went for an ornithological 

 trip in the hills and lived in a cave close to Mshingili 

 until September; the whole of July and the first two weeks 

 of August, however, I spent in hospital on account of a 

 recurrence of blackwater fever, and this eventually forced 

 me to leave the country. 



The botanical features are varied, and, in addition to the 

 appended list of the commoner trees, include species of Olax, 

 TurrcBa, Sphedamno carpus, Antidesma, Phyllanthus, Map- 

 rounea, Heeria, Lannea, Falcourtia, Cussonia, Vitex, as 

 well as various others, whose botanical position has yet 

 to be determined, e.g.: — the '' amapapapa,'' " amakanda- 

 lisilwana,^' " izikukuku/^ ''amakolajana,'^ '^^ izilwzi," '^ama- 

 kololonkonyani," " isitolwana,^' and " izitshokesana/^ of the 

 Matabele. 



The commoner trees and shrubs include the following : — 



mceiia Aloa excelsa. 



umkiwa (umkiwana) Ficus sp. 



isiqwalapa Protea sp. 



ilipaui Cupaifera mopani. 



umlcamba Afzelia ciianzensis. 



iimpaca Bolusanthus speciosus. 



umqoqoqo Erythrina tomentosa. 



umnondo Burkea africana. 



umvimela Kirkia acuminata. 



umhlafuto Riciniis commimis. 



timhlonhlo E:q)horhia ahyssinica. 



umganu Sderocarya cnffra. 



umpafa Zizyphus mucronata. 



uxaguxagu (ratokwe, mtohwi) . . Thespesia gareheana. 



umqogolo Doryalis caffra. 



umangwe Terminalia sericea. 



\imdhlauzo Diosjjyrus mashuma. 



umnquma , Olea sp. 



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