NAME INDEX 299 



Plovers and Lapwings — continued. 



Curlew, 259 ; a migrant, 259 



White-fronted Sand Plover, 264 



Other species, 259 

 Pratincoles. See Locust-Birds 

 Protection of birds, 81, 243 



Quails, 75-77 ; their high economic value, 75, 7(J 

 Cape (Kwartel), 76, 77 ; an irregular" migrant, 77 

 Harlequin, 77 



Rails and Crakes, 254-255 



Kaffir Rail, 254 



South African Crake, 254 



European Crake, 254 



Spotted Crake, 255 



Black Crake, 255 

 Ravens. See Vultures and Ravens 

 River and vlei, Birds of, 228-2(51 

 Robins, 170-173 



Cape Robin (Jan Fredric), 170 



Noisy Robin-Chat (Piet-myn-vrouw ; Mocking-Bird), 171 



Natal Robin-Chat, 172 



Brown Robin-Chat, 172 



Black Bush Robin (Sacred Jackhangar), 172; misnamed " Silent,'" 

 173; an excellent mimic, 173; sometimes classed as "Fly- 

 catcher," 173 

 Rollers, 45 ; origin of name, 45 



European, 45 ; a migrant, 45 



Purple, 45 



Lilac -breasted, 45 



Racquet-tailed, 45 



Cinnamon, 45 



Sandgrouse, 204-206 



Variegated (Geele Patrijs), 205 



Yellow-throated (Nacht Patrijs), 205 



Double-banded, 205 



Namaqua (Namaqua Patrijs), 205 

 Sandpipers. See Limicolae 

 Scavengers of the veld, 1-9 

 Sea and coast, Birds of, 262-269 

 Secretary-Bird, 203 ; origin of name, 203 ; formerly protected, 203 ; 



an exciting hunt with greyhounds, 204 

 Shrikes, 159-168 



Long-tailed, 159 



