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APPENDIX. 



On its arrival in England Mr. Oates's collection was 

 placed in the hands of my friend Captain G. E. Shelley 

 for determination, and the species were in nearly every 

 case identified by him. My task has therefore been a very 

 light one. All the field-notes in the following pages are 

 taken from Mr. Oates's labels, and I am responsible only 

 for the remarks placed between brackets " [ ]." A refer- 

 ence is given to my new edition of Layard's ' Birds of 

 South Africa,' to the British Museum ' Catalogue of Birds,' 

 and, in a few cases, to separate papers written by well- 

 known ornithologists, whose writings contain more com- 

 plete information than is given in my edition of Layard. 



The following List of Localities, alluded to in the en- 

 suing pages, where specimens were obtained by Mr. 

 Oates, will enable the reader, by a reference to the 

 general map in this volume, to determine the position 

 of each locality indicated : — 





Lat. 



Long. 



Bamangwato (see Shoshong) * . 



23.1 S. 



26.45 E. 



Boshof s Farm, Transvaal 



26.7 s. 



29.12 E. 



Blauw Krans River 



28.55 s. 



29.48 E. 



Branslow's Farm, Transvaal 



26.4 s. 



29.9 E. 



Crocodile River . 



25.34 s. 



28.28 E. 



Daka River 



18.45 s. 



25.57 E. 



Dry River (Sakasusi) 



21.9 s. 



28.10 E. 



Durban .... 



29.51 s. 



31.0 E. 



Eland's River 



25.19 s. 



28.3 E. 



First Makalaka kraal on Zambesi roac 







(Jantje's Kraal) 



20.33 s. 



27.26 E. 



Geruah .... 



19.19 s. 



26.30 E. 



Gokwe River 



22.8 S. 



27.36 E. 



Gubuluwayo 



20.23 s. 



28.50 E. 



Gwailo River 



19.14 s. 



29.49 E. 



Hendriks Vlei 



18.57 s. 



26.26 E. 



1 [As explained in the body of the work (p. 11, note) Bamangwato is the 

 name, strictly speaking, applied to the district north of the Transvaal inhabited 

 by that branch of the Basuto or Bechuana race, and Shoshong the name of the 

 king's town or residence ; but the latter also is more frequently spoken of, 

 in common parlance, as Bamangwato or Mungwato. — Ed.] 



