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INDEX. 



Carnivora, Sitting over kill for, 165. 



Chania Falls, 105. 



Cheetah, 49, 80, 92, 104, 105, 229. 



Ancestors of, 49. 



Behaviour of, 86. 



Coloration of, 49, 244. 



Food of, 244. 



General peculiarities of, 244. 



Length of leg of, 49. 



Native names for, 244. 



Spoor of, 135, 142. 

 Chevrotain, 35. 



Habitat, 35. 

 Chimpanzee, 35. 



Habitat, 35, 165, 168, 245. 



Native names for, 245. 

 Civet cat, 143. 



Flesh of, 245. 



Habitat, 245. 



Native name for, 245. 

 Coast belt, 89. 

 Coloration of game an'mals, 40. 



Animal life of lower scale, 41, 125. 



Birds taking butterflies, 43. 



Butterflies, shrews, and lizards, 43. 



Cheetah, 49. 



Climate and environment, 46. 



Colours in the distance, 50. 



Complex laws, 52. 



Desert birds, 46. 



Determining factors, 40. 



Different colours, 47. 



Difficulty of sighting animals, 51. 



Distinguishing colours, 59. 



Eggs, young, and females, 46. 



Eyesight of early man, 55. 



Faulty theories, 45. 



General reasons for, 47. 



Ground colour of buck, 53. 



Human variation, 47. 



Hunting-dog, 49. 



Influences of environment, 56. 



Investigation of theories, 40. 



Iridescent lizards, 45. 



Larger game and particular colours, 41. 



Leopard, 48. 



Light-coloured bellies, 53. 



Coloration, Lion, 48. 



Lion observing game, 54. 



Male and female, 45. 



Mammals, 46. 



Man as a hunter, 54, 55. 



Outline of animals, 53. 



Pachyderms, 55. 



Prevalent conditions of country, 54, 55. 



Protective theory, 42, 56, 61. 



Reptiles, 44. 



Rhinos resembling rocks, etc., 55. 



Savage in London, 51. 



Savages and civilised races, 45. 



Selous' conclusions, 41, 50, 56. 



Sense of " lightness and darkness," 60. 



Sense of safety, 49. 



Sense of smell, 54. 



Severed wings of butterflies, 43. 



Sexual selection, 46. 



Short-lived insects, 43. 



Spotted hyaena, 48. 



Theory of utility, 46. 



Tropical insects, 42. 



Wallace's theories, 40. 



White rumps of buck, 53. 



Zebra and hartebeest, 52. 

 Colobus, 169, 183, 185, 186. 



Concealment, 245. 



Croaking of, 169, 245. 



Female and young, 245. 



Food of, 245. 



Habitat, 245. 



Native names for, 245. 



On the sacred hills, 185. 

 Red, 245 ; 



Habitat, 245. 

 Congo, 245. 



Buffalo of, 167. 



Chevrotain found, 35. 



Forests of the, 35, 168. 



Game of the, 164 to 168. 



Porters from, 190. 



Tropical belt, 26. 

 Conviction and subsequent experience, 10. 

 Countries — 



Boran country, 106, 258, 259, 266, 278, 288. 



Bukedi country, 256. 



