INDEX 



made by Bechuanas, 226 ; Boer 

 names, 227 ; former and present 

 habitat, 228—233 ; unknown in 

 Matabeleland and Mashonaland, 

 229 ; independent of water, 230 ; 

 fond of salt-pans, 230 ; seldom 

 fomid in thick bush, 232 ; in British 

 Bechuanaland, 230 ; in Ngamiland, 

 282 ; description and peculiarities, 

 233, 234 ; pace of, 235 ; inquisitive 

 propensities, 236 ; chased by Cape 

 hunting-dogs, 236. 237 ; specimens 

 in Zoological Gardens, 237, 238 ; 

 other forms of, 238 — 240, former 

 abundance, 291 



Hippopotamus, in Cape Colony, 302 



Honey, 92 



Honey-guide, 92 



Hoopoe, South African, 49 



Hornbill, 64, 197 



Horses, Cape, 113 



Jackal, true fox, 110 ; silver-backed, 

 111 ; motluse, 111 ; Cape fennec, 

 111 ; hunting of, 118—121, 124 



Kingfisher, 93 



Klipspringer, 94, 96 



Koodoo, 96, 194, 214 ; magnificence 

 of, 241 ; fairly abundant, 242 ; dis- 

 tribution in interior, 242, 249, 250 ; 

 in Cape Colony, 242 ; in South 

 Bechuanaland and other places, 

 243 ; seldom seen alive in England, 

 244; Mr. Selous' specimen in Natural 

 History Museum, 244 ; description 

 of bull, 245, 246 ; measurements 

 of horns, 245, 246 ; weight, 246 ; 

 cows and calves, 247 ; favourite 

 ground, 247 ; gregarious, 248 ; 

 hide, 248 ; flesh and marrow-bones, 

 248, 249 ; native names, 249 ; inde- 

 pendent of water, 249, 250 ; former 

 abundance, 286. 



Koorhaan. See Bustard 



Larks, 61, 92 

 Leopard, 97 

 Lion, 97, 194 

 Livingstone, 193, 249 

 Locust-bird. See Plover (Nordmann's 

 pratincole). 



Mirage, 193, 201 



Ngami, Lake, 143 



Ngamiland, first discovered, 189 



Oribi, 96 



Oriole, golden, 61 



Ostrich, 194, 195 



Oswell, W. C, 1S3L, 186, 193, 291 



Owl, pearl-spotted, 13, 14 



Parrot, Pvllppell's, 23, 24, 64 



Partridge, Namaqua. See Sand- 

 grouse 



Pelican, legends concerning, 1, 2 ; 

 first sight of, 3 ; curious evolutions, 

 4 ; habits, 4, 5, 8 ; shooting, 5, 6, 

 9 ; description, size, measurements, 

 6, 7 ; eagle and, 7 



Pheasant. See Francolin 



Pigeons. See Doves 



Pipit, 60 



Plover, general habits of, 100 ; deri- 

 vation of name, 107 ; dikkop, habits 

 of, 50; three-collared, 55; spur- 

 winged, 55 ; annoying ways of, 101; 

 colouring, 102 ; stilt, 56 ; kiewitje, 

 102 ; grey, 103 ; killdeer of North 

 America, 103; dotterel, 103, 104; 

 ringed, 104 ; Nordmann's pratin- 

 cole, 104 ; devouring locusts, 105 ; 

 colouring of, 106 ; sea-cow bird, 106 ; 

 Norfolk, Kentish, and turnstone, 

 107 ; golden, 107 ; South African 

 wattled, Caspian, Heywood's, Kit- 

 litz's, 108 ; Moquin's oyster- 

 catcher, 109 



Pochard, South African, 43 



Rains, in Cape Colony, 89 — 91 ; in 

 Bechuanaland, 113 



Ehebok, Vaal or grey, 94, 96 ; red, 96 



Rhinoceros, white, Mr. Coryndon's 

 specimens, 181 ; rarity of, 181 ; 

 head of, 182 ; first discovery, 

 182; habitat, 182—185; great 

 abundance, 183; nearly extinct, 

 184, 190; re-discovery, 184, 186; 

 specimens shot, 185 ; description 

 of, 186 ; size and colour, 186 ; 

 curious trait, 187 ; formerly plenty 

 of, 188 ; -birds, 189 ; food of, 189, 

 190 ; twenty-two encountered, 

 291 ; great slaughter of black and 

 white, 183, 294 



Roan antelope, 194 



Rollers, 58, 197 



Sable antelope, first discovery of, 265 ; 

 Dutch and native names, 265 ; de- 

 scription of, 265, 266 ; Harris's 



