INDEX. 



429 



Pieris Thysa, 344 



Pietermaritzburg, 2-6 



Pinarornis plumosus, 299, and note 



Pinto, Maj or Serpa, reference to, 2 5 5 , note 

 Pipit, Cinnamon-backed, 328 



Lesser Tawny, 328 

 Plantain-eater, Grey, 309 

 Plocandra purpurascens, 404 

 Plocederus denticornis, 378 

 Ploceidce, 322 

 Plocepasse?' Ma/iali, 324 

 Plonisa plagiata, 386 

 Plotidte, 335 

 Plotus Levaillanti, 335 

 Plover, Black-and -White Spurwinged, 



332 



Podiceps minor, 335 

 Podicipitidce, 335 

 Pcecilonetta erytkrorhyncha, 334 

 Pogonorhynchus leucomelas, 310 

 " Poison-plant," the, 244 

 Poliospiza gularis, 326 

 Polycleis longicornis, 377 

 Poly gala virgala, 396 

 Polyhirma amabilis, 369 



macilenta, 369 



notata, 369 

 Polyommatus Otacilia, 361 



Sybaris, 361 



Telicanus, 361 

 Pomegranates, 49 

 Pontia Acaste, 344 



Rvarne, 345 

 "Poort," the, Tati River, 196, 233 

 Porphyrio Alleni, 331 

 Potatoes, 49 

 Prsearyan skulls, 284 

 Praogena splendens, 377 

 Prasomris, sp., 382 

 Pratiticola torquata, 313 

 Pratincole, Black-winged, 332 

 Pretoria, 6- 1 4, 37 



character of Englishmen at, 10 

 Prionopidce, 319 

 Prionops talacoma, 321 

 Procris, 364 

 Psamniodes Pierreti, 375 



picbescens, 375 



semiscaber, 375 

 Pseudonympka Neita, 359 

 Psittacida, 311 

 Psittacus Meyeri, 3 1 1 



robustus, 311 

 Pteris quadriaurita, 4 1 2 



Pt erodes hicinctus, 329 



gutturalis, 329 

 Pteroclidce, 329 

 Ptychopteryx Bohe??iani, 343 

 Pycnonotidce, 313 

 Pycnonotus Layardi, 313 



nigricans, 314 

 Pycnopsis brachyptera, 380 

 Pyromelana^ Capensis, 325 



tfrjAr, 325 

 Pytelia melba, 325 



Quagga, large herds of, 194, 195 

 Quail, Common, 330 

 "Quilp," Bushman servant, 152 



"Rail," favourite pointer, 43, 88, 126, 



159, 160, 226, 269, 270, «<?&? 



return of, to the grave, after his 



master's death, 267 



Rains, commencement of the, 37, 61, 



71, 205, 220, 224, 242 

 Rallidiz, 330 

 Ramakwebani River, 43, 131, 133- 



I3 8 > 143; 172-174, I9 2 -I95, 

 207-211, 217, 229-233 

 graves of Englishmen at the, 1 34 

 Ranunculus pinnatus, 396 

 Reed-Warbler, White-breasted, 312 

 Retzius, Prof. A., reference to, 276, 280 

 Rhinopomastes cyano?nelas, 309 

 Rhopalocampta Valmaran, 362 

 Rhypa7'ida, sp., 382 

 Robertson, Mr., Zambesi traveller, 203 



Mr. C, reference to, 279, note 

 " Rock," one of Mr. Oates's pointers, 



43, 226, 236, 269, 270, note 

 Rock-Thrush, Sentinel, 312 

 Rolfe, Mr. R. Allen, on the plants 



collected by Mr. Oates, 390 et seq. 

 Roller, Cinnamon, 307 

 European, 306 

 Lilac-breasted, 307 

 White-naped, 306 

 Rolleston, the late Prof., on Bushman 

 and other bones obtained by Mr. 

 Oates, 275 &t seq. 

 Roots, edible, 74 

 Ruff, 332 



Sagra festiva, 381 



Sakasusi, or Dry River, 143, 146 



Salt lakes in winter, 147, note 



