400 HOTTENTOT TURXIN. 
Ibiiiul ill the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope, 
but is there extremely scarce ; though among the 
mountains of the Auteniquois Hottentots, towards 
the bay of Plettemberg, it is very abundant : it 
lives on the wild herbs of tlie desert : the female 
deposits eight eggs of a dirty white ; and she 
differs from the male in being more dingy in 
colour.” 
