INDEX 
wild, 70-71, 176 
Pig, Bush (Potamochoerus porcus koiropta- 
mus) (Garbo), 315 
Pigeons— 
Olive (Columba arquatrix), 127 
Wonga-wonga (Leucosarcia melanole- 
uca), 151 
pilfering, 212 
pits, concealed, 164 
Pitta— 
Annamese (Pitta soror), 54 
Elliot’s (Pitta elliott), 51, 54, 58 
Swinhoe’s (Pitta nympha), 55 
Velvet (Philepitta castanea), 257 
pittas, 257 
platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), 142, 
145-149, I51, 153; 
149 
Plover— 
Blacksmith (Hoplopterus armatus), 125 
Spur-winged (Lobibyx novachollandiae), 
I5I 
White-headed Wattled (Xiphidiopterus 
albiceps), 334-335 
Yellow-wattled (Afribyx senegallus lat- 
eralis), 97 
Pochard, Madagascar (Aythya innotata), 
82, 178 
polecats, 302 
police, 271, 272, 275-276, 296 
Police, Commissioner of, 102 
Porcupine— 
Brazilian Tree (Coendou prehensilis), 
322 
Brush-tailed (Atherurus africanus), 342 
Hairy Tree (Coendou villosus), 322 
Kenya Crested (Hystrix cristata), 308 
porcupines, 328 
Porphyrio, Allen’s 
82 
Port Elizabeth, 45 
Port Said, 297 
porters, 174-175 
Portugal, 86 
Portuguese (language), 25 
Portuguese (people), 25 
Portuguese East Africa, 23-24, 26, 33, 35, 
42, 63, 86, 97, 140, 200, 259 
Potaro River, 117-118, 325, 326 
Potgietersrust, 7 
poison, 148- 
(Porphyrula_ allent), 
363 
Potto, Bosman’s (Perodicticus potto), 201- 
202 
poultry, 2-3 
Prang, 203, 204, 213 
Pretoria, 7, 86 
prisoner of war at large, 260 
progress of the human race, 288-289 
Protestant churches, 281 
Pru, River, 203, 206, 212 
Public Works Department, 331, 332 
Pungwe flats, 63 
punting, 93 
Pygmies, 157 
pyrethrum, 301 
python, 293 
Quaaks, Blue, 100 
quail, 298 
Quail, Button, 36-37, 178 
Quangtri, 51 
Quito, 216, 217,220, 224; 225; 228,220, 
2303333 
Raccoon, Crab-eating (Procyon  caneri- 
vorus), 321 
radar, 327, 335-336 
Rails, Cuvier’s (Dryolimnas cuvieri), 178 
rainfall, 172, 263-264 
rains, 341, 343, 344, 346 
rainy season, 217-218 
Rand, 26 
Rat— 
Black (Rattus r. frugivarus), 256 
Brown (Rattus norvegicus), 256 
Cane (theryonomys swinderianus), 206 
Crested (Lophiomys ibeanus), 128-129 
Coypu, 302 
Cutting-grass 
ianus), 206 
Malay Giant, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 
251, 266, 267, 269 
Tufted-tailed (Eliurus), 256, 263 
ravines, 126-127, 128, 129 
reed-beds, 78, 79 
reed-lemurs, 79-80 
Regent’s Park, 347 
reptiles, 323, 328 
Revue River, 24 
rhino, baby (Jimmy), 315 
Rhodesia, 24, 26, 304 
(Thryonomys  swinder- 
