CONTENTS XI 



CHAPTER VI 



GUINEA-FOWL SHOOTING 



PAGE 



Welcome birds — Excellent eating — Sport in British 

 Bechuanaland — A covey at rest — Shooting with the 

 pointer — Swainson's Francolin — Abundance of 

 Guinea-fowl in the interior — A troop of a thousand 

 — Favourite food — A sight at sunrise — How to get 

 among a covey — Methodical method of drinking — 

 Running habits — Treeing Guinea-fowl — Shooting the 

 roosters — Ambulatory powers — A prolific species — 

 Domesticating wild chicks — Other species of Guinea- 

 fowl — Plumage used for feathering arrows — Tend- 

 encies of tame birds 67 



CHAPTER VII 



SOUTH AFRICAN COURSERS 



Desert birds — Habits — The violet-winged Courser — 

 Beautiful bird — Description and habitat — Shooting 

 in the South Kalahari — Excellent eating — Size — 

 Double-banded Courser — Habits and description— ■ 

 Heuglin's Courser — Burchell's and Senegal Courser 

 — Appearance and habits — Protective colouring ... 79 



CHAPTER VIII 



A STREAM IN CAPE COLONY 



Floods and droughts — Sea-cow holes — Doves and Pigeons 

 — The Cuckoos — Honey -guides and Honey — Canaries 

 and Kingfishers — Weaver-birds — The Bush Lory — 

 Its renewal of colouring — Wading birds — Hill shoot- 

 ing — The neglected Cape — Vast tracts unknown — 

 Mountain Interiors — Great game — Pleasant back- 

 waters — Flower life — A playground for future 

 generations 89 



