302 NAME INDEX 



Turbinarea, 267 



Cape Hen (Stink-pot), 267 

 Giant Petrel ( Mutton-Bird ), 267 

 Cape Petrel (Cape Pigeon), 267 

 Mollymawk, 267 



Veld, ornaments of the, 196-227 ; scavengers of the, 1-9 

 Vultures and Ravens, 1-8 ; usefulness of, 1 ; repulsive habits of feeding, 

 2 ; strange superstition respecting, 5 



Common Vulture (Aasvogel), 1 ; new phase in its economy, 2 



White-necked Raven, 2, 6 



South African Griffon Vulture, 3 



Black Vulture (Koning Aasvogel), 4 ; " respected " by other Vultures, 

 4 ; a strange scene, 4 



African White-backed Vulture, 7 



Egyptian Vulture, 7 



Wagtails (Quickies or Quickstertjes), 15-18 



African Pied, 15 



Grey-backed, 15 



Cape, 16, 17 



Long -tailed, 16 



Ray's Yellow, 18 ; a migrant, 18 



Blue-headed, 18 ; a migrant, 18 



Black-headed, 18 ; a migrant, 18 

 Warblers, 21, 137-139 ; a typical home, 198 



Green-backed Bush (Tailor-Bird ; Bush Goat), 138 



Crombec ( Stomp -stirtje), 138 



Black-chested Wren, 138 



Grass, 139 ; a large group, 139 

 Water-Fowl, 255-257 



Moorhen (Rooi-bles Hoender, or Rooi-bles Riet Haan), 255 ; widely 

 spread, 255 



Lesser Moorhen, 255 



King Reed-Hen, or Purple Gallinule, 255, 256 



Red-knobbed Coot, 257 ; its two curious calls, 257 

 Waxbills, 115-118 



South African Ruddy, 115 



Common (Rooibekje), 116 



Blue-breasted, 116 



Violet-eared, 116; the most beautiful of the sub-family Ealrildince, 

 116 



Orange-breasted (Zebra), 117 



Swee, 117 



Social, 117; remarkable community nest, 118 



Bar-breasted Weaver-Finch (Tink-tinkie), 117 



