INDEX 
Sigi, 136; River, 137 
Sihanaka tribe, 77, 79 
silence, 161 
Siliguri, 183, 185; forests, 183 
Siluvu Hills, 63, 64, 75, 71 
Silverbills (Euodice cantans), 237 
Singapore, 50 
sisal, 135, 141 
Sittingbourne, 22, 23 
skies, 265 
Skinks, Blue-tongued (Tiliqua scincoides), 
153 
Sloth— 
Three-toed (Bradypus tridactylus), 110- 
1X9; 22S; 322 
Two-toed (Choloepus didactylus), 111, 
II12-113, 322 
sloths, 328 
Snails, Giant Land, 155 
Snake— 
Black (Pseudechis porphyriacus), 153 
Brown (Demansia textilis), 153 
Green Sharp-nosed Tree (Clorosoma 
viridissimus), 108 
Kangaroo, 153 
Red-bellied Black, 153 
Sharp-nosed, 177 
Sharp-snouted (Rhamphiophis oxyryn- 
chus), 293 
Tiger (Notechis scutatus), 153 
Snake Park, 45 
snakes, 45-46, 91-93, 94, 108, 137, 153, 
178, 269; Australian, 149; (Ithycy- 
phus), 177 
snake-stick, 92, 137 
soda, 129 
Somme, 13 
songbirds, 28 
Sotik, 295, 301 
South Africa, 3, 13, 15, 26, 32, 125, 2553 
Western Province of, 33 
South African Government, 10 
South America, 98, 258, 326, 340; wild 
pigs of, 109-110 
South American rivers, 100 
Southampton, 16 
Spanish (language), 217, 219 
Spanish— 
countries, 217 
women, 216 
365 
Spanish Guinea, 330 
Sparrow— 
Chestnut (Sorella eminibey), 237 
Pectoral (Arremon auranturostris), 219 
Sparrow-hawk, African Little (Accipiter 
minullus), 197 
spider (Olios), 285 
Spider-hunter, Great Indian (Arachnothera 
magna), 188-189 
spiders, Epeira, 336 
Springbok, 7 
Squirrel— 
Gambian Tree (Heliosciurus gambianus), 
198-199, 204-205 
Ground (Euxerus erythropus), 206 
White-striped (Funisciurus leucostigma), 
198 
Starling— 
Amethyst (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), 
242 
Blue-eared Glossy (Lamprocolius chaly- 
beus), 125 
Glossy, 205, 303 
Superb (Spreo superbus), 125, 303 
Wattled (Creatophora carunculata), 303- 
304 
starlings, 213; glossy, 6 
steinbok (Raphicerus campestris), 293 
storks, 88 
sub-Antarctic, 215 
sub-desert region, 284-285 
Sumatra, 3 
Sunbird— 
Anjouan (Cinnyris comorensis), 178-179 
Beautiful (Nectarinia pulchella), 203, 
205 
Black-bellied (Nectarinia melanogastra), 
237-238 
Bronzy (Nectarinia kilimensis), 126 
Buff-throated (Chalcomitra adelberti), 
194 
Coppery (Cinnyris cupreus), 203, 205 
East African Mariqua (Cinnyris mari- 
quensis suahelicus), 141 
Falkenstein’s (Cinnyris venustus falken- 
steini), 126 
Falkenstein’s Buff-breasted 
venustus falkensteint), 125 
Golden-winged (Drepanorhynchus reich- 
enow1), 141 
(Cinnyris 
