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Sunbird—Continued 
Kenya Buff-breasted (Cinnyris venustus 
falkensteini), 141 
Kenya Highlands Amethyst, 126 
Kenya Highlands Scarlet-chested (Chal- 
comitra senegalensis lamperti), 126 
Kenya Malachite (Nectarinia famosa 
aenigularis), 126 
Lesser Bifasciated (Cinnyris bifasciatus 
microrhynchus), 141 
Mombasa Collared (Anthreptes collaris 
elachior), 141 
Scarlet-chested, 140, 141 
Senegal Scarlet-breasted (Chalcomitra 
senegalensis senegalensis), 205 
Splendid (Cinnyris coccinigaster), 205 
Superb (Cinnyris superbus), 164, 194, 205 
Tiny (Cinnyris minullus), 167 
Uluguru Violet-backed, 141 
Usambara Double-collared, 141 
Usambara Gray-chin, 141 
sunbirds (Nectarintidae), 18-19, 46, 94-95, 
126, 164-165, 178, 194-196, 213 
sun-bittern, 119-120, 258 
superstition, 80, 81, 83-84, 178, 254, 
265, 266 
Supplies and Transport Unit, 281 
Surinam, 98; River, 98, 99 
Sussex, 12 
Swakopmund Hospital, 11 
swamps, tropical, 93 
swans, 182 
Swaziland border, 86 
swifts, 223 
Swifts, Palm (Tachynautes parvus), 135- 
136 
Table Mountain, 11 
Takoradi, 155, 192 
Tamatave, 74, 75, 265, 279, 280, 289 
Tanager— 
Blue (Thraupis episcopus), 98-99 
Greenish Blue (Tangara labradorides), 
219 
Orange-bellied, 228 
Orange-billed (Arremon aurantiirostris), 
219 
Palm (Thraupis palmarum), 99, 108 
Scarlet-bellied (Poecilothraupis lunulata), 
226, 228 
Sclater’s Orange-headed (Tangara luni- 
gera), 220 
Silver-beaked (Ramphocelus carbo), 99 
Vassor’s (Procnopsis vassori), 228 
Western Swallow Fruit-eater, 219 
Yellow-backed (Ramphocelus icterono- 
tus), 219 
tanagers, 108, 219-220 
Tanala— 
fleas, 263 
tribe, 262-263 
Tananarive, 74, 75, 245, 246, 252, 253, 
255, 258, 259, 260, 271, 277, ee 
281, 282, 288 
Tanga, 133 
Tanganyika, 133, 141, 236, 238, 239; Gov- 
ernor of, 239 
Tapir, Brazilian (Tapirus terrestris), 113 
tapirs, 113-114, 328 
Tasmania, 145 
Tasmanian lakes, 145, 149 
taxes, 158-159 
tayra (Tayra barbara), 321, 328 
Teal— 
African Cotton (Nettapus auritus), 172 
Andean (Anas flavirostris andium), 226 
Hottentot (Anas punctata), 76, 82, 172, 
178 
teguexins (Tupinambis teguixin), 323 
temperature, 99 
Tenrec— 
Mole-like (Oryzoryctes 
256, 289, 290 
Pygmy (Microgale melanorrachis), 256, 
257 
Shrew-like, 257 
Spiny (Ericulus), 257, 290 
Tailless (Tenrec ecaudatus) (tandraka), 
177-178 
Telfair’s, 272 
tenrecs (Centetidae), 178 
termites, soldier, 333 
Terrapins, Long-necked (Chelodina longo- 
collis), 151, 152-153 
Thames, 316 
Thick-knees, Water (Burhinus vermicula- 
tus), 38 
Thomson’s Falls, 294, 302 
Thorns, Pimpler (Drepanocarpus lunatus), 
IOI, 102 
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