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INDEX. 
Tetralohis bifoveolahis ^ 361 
Textor erythrorhyncJnis, 318 
nests of, 117 
Thick-knee, Spotted, 326 
"Thirst Land," the, 30 
Thomson, Rev. J. B., 59, 61, 64, 86, 
93, 99. 139, 140, I49> 187, i88> 
note, 197 
Thorns, annoyance from, in travelling, 
33, 35 
Thrush, Cape Bristle-necked, 308 
South African, 307 
Tibakai, Bamangwato headman, 250 
TimeliidtE, 308 
Timelima:, 308 
Titmouse, South African, 310 
Southern Black-and-white, 31 1 
Tobacco-gardens, 178, 182 
Tochis flavirostris, 304 
nasuhis, 304 
Topinard, Dr. P., reference to, 290 
Tortoises, superstition regarding, 78 
Totaniis canescens, 325 
glareola, 325 
Touani River, 23 
Trachypho7ius cafer, 306 
Transvaal, the, 6-15, 37-39 
Trees, flowering, 53, 68, 69 
Trescott, Mr., 244 
'Trichodesma pJiysaloides, 367 
Trimen, Mr. Roland, reference to, 333 
Triiiinfetta Wehvitschii, 366 
Tsetse-fly, the, 38, 48, 363-365 
precautions against, 364 
Turdida, 307 
TiP'dus litsitsirzipa, 307 
Turnix lepurana, 323 
Turtle-dove, Cape, 322 
Tiirtiir capicola, 322 
Umbre, Tufted, 327 
Unigeni River, 6 
Umgwanya River, 72, 75 
Umtegan, Matabele headman, 59 
Umvungu River, 72, 74, 83, 141 
Upiipa africana, 304 
Upupida, 304 
U^-olestes melanoleuais, 313 
Vahlia capensis, 367 
Van Roozen, 158, 159, 164-168, 172- 
174, 188, 231, 232 
Victoria Falls, appi'oach to, 250-252 
description of, 254-260 
Vidua principalis, 319 
regia, 319 
Verj'eauxi, 319 
Vincent, Mr., 122-124, ^43 
Vitis, sp., 366 
Vulture, Eared, 297 
Hooded, 297 
Vtdtii7-ida, 297 
Waggon-drivers, 103, 218 
Wagtail, African Pied, 317 
Cape, 317 
IVahleiibergia Baiiksiana, 367 
Waitz, Th., reference to, 288, note 
Wallace, Mr. A. R. , reference to, 331 
Wankee, native waggon-driver, 98, 1 19- 
121 
Wankee's kraal, 178, 196, 234 
Warbler, Brown Fantail, 309 
Common Fantail, 310 
Larger Grey-backed Fantail, 309 
Le Vaillant's Fantail, 309 
Smith's Fantail, 309 
White-eyebrowed, 309 
Water, scarcity of, 16, 18, 34, 15 1, 
note, 219 
Water-hen, Allen's Blue, 324 
Wax-bill, Grenadier, 321 
Red-headed, 320 
Weaver-bird, Black- fronted, 319 
Cape Yellow, 318 
Mariqua, 319 
Natal Black -and-yellow, 318 
Olive-and-yellow, 318 
Red-billed Black, 318 
nest of, 177 
Smith's, 318 
White-browed, 321 
Weevils, 362 
Westbeach, Mr., 244, 245, 260, 261 
Westwood, Professor J. O., M.A., 
F.L.S., etc., on the insects collected 
by Mr. Gates, 330 et seq. 
Wheatear, Burchell's, 308 
Capped, 307 
Shelley's, 295, 307 
Southern Ant-eating, 307 
White ants, 134 
Whitwell, Rev. J. S., reference to, 
291 
Why dah -finches, 220, note 
Widow-bird, Cape Black-and-yellow, 
320 
Common, 319 
