NAME INDEX 297 



Larks, 199-201 



Dark-naped, 199 



Grey-backed, 199 



Chestnut-backed, 200 



Rufous-headed, 200, 201 

 Limicolae, 264-265 



Plovers (q.v.) 



Black Oyster-catcher, 264 



Sandpipers, 265 

 Locust-Birds, 10-14 



Wattled Starling (Klein Springhaan Vogel), 10, 11 ; nests of, 10 



Pratincoles (Red-winged and Black-winged), 12 ; method of attacking 

 locusts, 12 



White Stork (of German " baby " fame), 13 ; a migrant, 13 



White-bellied Stork, 13 



See Francolins, 206-210 

 Locusts, 10, 12, 14; birds that destroy, 10-14 and passim, 207-212, 243 

 Longclaws, 201-202 



Orange-throated (Cut-throat Lark ; Kalkoenkje), 201 



Yellow-throated, 201 



Pink-throated, 201 

 Lourie. See Plantain-eaters 



Marabou Stork, 8, 9 



Mousebirds, or Colies (Muisvogel), 87-88 ; great fruit-thieves, 87 ; 

 origin of name, 87 



Speckled, 87 



White-backed, 88 



Red-faced, 88 



Nightjars, 42-44 



Standard -winged, 42 

 South African, 42, 43 

 Rufous-cheeked, 44 

 European, 44 



Orioles, 154-156 



Golden Oriole, 156 



Black-headed Oriole, 155, 156 ; a partial migrant, 156 

 Ornaments of the veld, 196-227 



Ostrich, the, 224-227 ; its value when domesticated, 225 ; numbers 

 still wild, 226 ; diseases, 226 



Owls, 60-70 



Barn (Dood-vogel), 60, 61 ; superstition respecting, 60 



Grass, 61, 62 ; its name, 63 



White.faced, 63, 64 



