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INDEX. 



Truscott, Mr., 245 

 Tsaltsalya, the, 388 

 Tsetse-fly, the, 38, 48, 388 



precautions against, 388 

 Turdidtz, 312 

 Turdus lit sit sirup a, 312 

 Tumicida, 330 

 Tumix Lepurana, 330 

 Turtle-Dove, Cape, 328 

 Turtur Capicola, 328 



Umganulo, message from Lobengula, 



brought by, 18 1 

 Umgeni River, 6 

 Umgwanya River, 75 

 Umtegani, Matabele headman, 59 

 Umvungu River, 74, 83 

 Upupa Africana, 308 

 Upupidiz, 308 

 Uraginthus cyanogaster, 326 



granatinus, 326 

 Urolestes melanoleucus, 318 



Vahlia Capensis, 399 



Van Rooyen, 158, 159, 164-168, 172- 



174, 188, 231-233 

 Victoria Falls, the approach to, 251-253 



description of, 255-262 



native names for, 260 

 Vidua ardens, 324 



principalis, 324 



regia, 324 



Verreauxii, 324 

 Viljoen, Dutch hunter, 140 

 Vincent, Mr., 122-124, x 43 

 Vitis, sp., 397 

 Vulture, Eared, 302 



Hooded, 302 

 VulturidcB, 302 



Waggon-drivers, general character 



of, 103, 218 

 Waggon - travelling, usual rate of, 150 

 Wagtail, African Pied, 328 



Cape, 328 

 Wahlenbergia Banksiana, 402 



Caledonica, 402 



Oatesii, 402 

 Waitz, Th., reference to, 291, note 

 Wallace, Mr. A. R. , reference to, 339 

 Water, scarcity of, 16, 18, 34, 15 1, note; 



206, 219 

 Water-melons, 122 



Waxbill, Black-cheeked, 325 

 Blue-breasted, 326 

 Common, 325 

 Grenadier, 326 

 Little Ruddy, 326 



nests of the, 76, note 

 Weaver-bird, Black-backed, 322 

 Black-fronted, 323 

 Meriko, 323 

 Olive-and- Yellow, 322 

 Red-billed Black, 323 

 nests of the, 177 

 Scutellated, 324 

 Smith's, 323 

 White-browed, 324 

 Weaver- Finch, Red-headed, 325 

 Westbeech, Mr., 245, 246, 262, 263 

 Westwood, Prof., on the insects col- 

 lected by Mr. Oates, 338 et sea. 

 Wheatear, Capped, 313 

 Mountain, 313 

 Southern Ant-eating, 313 

 " White ants," 135, note 

 Whitwell, Rev. J. S., reference to, 



294 

 Whydah-Finch, same as Widow-bird, 



220, note 

 Widow-bird, Common, 324 



Long-tailed, 220, note ; 324 

 Red-collared, 324 

 Shaft-tailed, 324 

 Verreaux's, 324 

 White-spotted, 325 

 Widow-birds, different species of, 220, 



note 

 Wild cotton, 69 

 Wild dogs, 119, 200, 235 

 Wild fruit, 49, 89-91, 131, 177, 234 

 Wildebeest, Blue, large herd of, 195 

 Williams, Rev. J., reference to, 294 

 Williamson, Dr., reference to, 283, note 

 Wood, Mr. George, 151, 239-243 



Rev. J. G., reference to, 291, 

 note 

 Wood-Hoopoe, Red-billed, 308 



Scimitar-billed, 309 

 Wood-Sandpiper, 333 

 Wood-Shrike, Smith's, 319 



Oates' s, 319 

 Woodpecker, Bearded, 311 

 Bennett's, 310 

 Cardinal, 311 

 Golden-tailed, 310 

 Smith's, 310 



