368 
Wagogo, 239, 240 
Walvis Bay, 11 
war declared, 8, 9, 253 
Ward, Major and Mrs., 124 
Wards, 127 
wart-hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), 293 
water, 63, 273; fermented coconut, 140- 
141; féte, 229 
Water Haas, 109 
Waterberg, 12; Commando, 10 
water-birds, 46 
Waterbuck, Defassa (Kobus defassa), 312 
waterfowl, 76-77, 82, 87-88, 170, 171, 252 
water-hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes), 77 
water-lilies, 82-83 
Watras, 109 
Waxbill— 
Black-capped (Estrilda atricapilla), 157 
Orange-cheeked, 203 
Peters’, 139-140 
Peters’ Spotted (Hypargos niveoguttatus), 
38, 238 
Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthino- 
gaster), 125, 238 
Ruddy, 72 
Violet-eared (Granatina granatina), 125 
waxbills, 15, 46 
weasels, 321 
Weaver-bird— 
Black (Ploceus nigerrimus), 162 
V-marked (Ploceus cucullatus), 162 
weaver-birds, 161-162, 203, 209 
weavers, I5 
Weavers— 
Malimbus (Malimbus), 167 
Social (Philetairus socius), 237 
Whipsnade, 301, 313; Park, 295; Zoo, 142 
White, Dr. Errol, 74 
white settlers, 124 
INDEX 
white-eyes, 178 
whydahs, 15, 203 
Whydahs— 
Delamere’s Giant 
delamere1), 302 
Jackson’s (Drepanoplectes jacksoni), 131, 
132 
wild life, 7 
wildebeeste, 123 
Williams, Mr., 171 
witch-doctors, 27, 33 
Wolf, Tasmanian (Thylacinus cyanoce- 
phalus), 145 
wombats (Phascolomis ursinus), 142 
Wood-hoopoes— 
Red-billed (Phoeniculus 
135 
White-headed (Phoeniculus bollei jack- 
sont), 127, 131 
World War, First, 3, 12, 84 
World War II, 145 
worms, filaria, 89 
Wynberg Hospital, 11 
(Diatropura progne 
purpureus), 
yam, wild (Dioscorea), 273 
Yaounde, 157 
Yellow Fever Research Station, 293 
youth, 283 
Ypres; 13 
Yuhinas (Yuhina gularis), 188 
Zambezi, 42 
Zebra— 
Burchell’s (Equus burchelli), 123, 126, 
305 
Grevy’s (Equus grevyi), 305 
Zoo collection, 309-310 
zorilla (Ictonyx striatus), 129 
zosterops, 127, 188 
