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INDEX. 
Bamangwato, 15-22, 36, 147- 1 59 
fighting at, 155 
(or Mungwato), the usual name 
for Shoshong, 1 1 , note 
Baobab trees, 72, 83, 145 
Barbel, 51, 230 
Barbet, Le Vaillant's, 306 
Pied, 305 
Batis molitm-, 311 
Batihinia fassoglensis, 366 
Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked, 301 
Carmine-throated, 301 
European, 301 
Little, 301 
Swallow-tailed, 302 
White-fronted, 301 
Bees' nests, 73> 135 
Beef-eater, African, 316 
Beetles, annoyance from, 40 
Bell, Thomas, 4 
Bembesi River, 68 
Bengali Finch, Southern, 321 
Biltong, meat dried in the sun, 45 
Birds' nests collected by Mr. Oates, 76 
Bishop-bird, Red, 320 
Bleek, Dr. W. H. J., researches of, 
276 
Blockley, Mr., 244, 245, 247 
Blue gum trees, 8 
Blumenbach, J. F., reference to, 277 
Boa-constrictor, 75 
Boer hunters, 154, 217 
their indiscriminate slaughter of 
game, 223 
Boers and their waggons, 220 
character of, 10, 225 
farms of, in the Transvaal, 9, 10, 
12, 39 
their apparent poverty, 12 
Bolinlila, Lobengula's brother, 67 
BotnbycidcE, 358 
Bonibyx Mariana^ 358 
Bond, Mr., 203 
BostrichidcE, 361 
Botany, by Professor Oliver, F. R.S., 
F.L.S., 366-369 
Brachycerits apt ems, 362 
congest 2 IS, 362 
Bradshaw, Dr., joins Mr. Oates, 244- 
251 
with him at his death, 260-264 
Brady ornis Oatesii, 314 
Bradypterns gracilh-ostiis, 310 
Phass wire, 1 19, 120, note 
Bristle-necked Thrush, Cape, 30S 
Broca, P., reference to, 280, note 
Brown, Mr., 173 
Brown, Mr. A., of Tati, 33, 35, 140, 
163, 168, 18S, 190, 198, 199, 
200-202, 213, 216, 222 
Bubo lactens, 299 
maculosics, 299 
BiibonidcB, 299 
Btibnlctis ibis, 327 
BiicavtidiB, 304 
Biichanga assimilis, 315 
Buckley, Mr. T. E., 3-36, 294 
Building, singular native, 175 
Bulbul, Layard's, 308 
Le Vaillant's, 308 
Bullocks, State slaughter of, 105 
Bunting, Cape, 322 
Golden-breasted, 322 
Buphaga africana, 316 
Buprestida, 360 
Bushman crania, 273 et scq. 
measurements of, 292, 293 
race, Mongolian origin ascribed 
to, 288-290 
indications of kinship with 
the Akka and Obongo 
tribes, 288 
remains, failure to obtain, 136, 166 
finally obtained, 231 
Bushmen, 24, 25, 28, 50, 80, 137, 
144, 152, 180 
looked upon as game by the 
Matabele, 222 
mysterious instincts of, 222 
Bush-shrike, Bakbakiri, 312 
Crimson-breasted, 312 
Pied Puff-backed, 312 
Red-winged, 313 
Short-tailed, 310 
South African Puff-backed, 312 
Three-streaked, 313 
Yellow-breasted, 312 
Bush-warbler, Short-tailed, 310 
Busk, Mr. G., reference to, 277 
Bustard, Blue, 326 
Kori, 326 
Biiteo jackal, 298 
Bn tor ides atricapillns, 326 
riifive7it7'is, 327 
Sturmii, 326 
Butterflies, distribution of, in Africa, 
333"335 
Buzzard, Jackal, 298 
