INDEX 
449 
“ Reef-heron,” 390, 397 
Rejaf, 38, 273, 277, 290 
Repeating-rifle in sport, 206 
Reticulated giraffe, 89, 205 
Rhinoceros, black, 282, 410 
white, 5, 290, 409 
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus , 255 
Rhodophoneus cruentus , 348 
Roan antelope, 69, 84, 88, 95, 99, 107, 
130, 132, 282 
Robin, bush-, 248, 317 
chat, 318 
Rock-chat, 349 
doves, 124, 360 
partridge, 347, 349, 380 
rabbits, 123, 253 
thrush, 124, 383 
Rollers, 61, 117, 255, 285 
Rook, 118 
Roosevelt, Col., 137, 160, 188, 253, 
414, 420, 426 . 
Rosy-breasted shrike, 348 
Rowland Ward, 151, 188, 336, 356 
Ruffs and reeves, 42, 140, 239, 293, 
3i5> 390 
Rufous warbler, 304, 348 
Rumbek, 262 
Sable antelope, 9, 98 
Sacred ibis, 55, 56, 58, 233 
Saddle-backed lechwi, 5, 93, 137, 149, 
247 
Saddle-billed jabiru, 112, 226, 139, 
235 ? 239 
Sahara, Great, 1, 20, 24 
Salt’s dikdik, 347, 349 
Sand-devils, 402 
grouse, 28, 109, 118, 120, 250, 309, 
360, 392, 398, 403 
larks, 27, 30, 357, 360, 433 
martins, 254, 304 
partridge, Cholmley’s, 372 
pipers, common, 239, 293 
curlew-, 43, 113, 293 
green, 239, 315 
marsh-, 140, 297, 315 
wood-, 239 
storm, 54 
Sansevieria, 349, 375 
Sarciophorus tectus, 324 
Sarciordornis melanonota , 47 
Sassaby, 81 
Savages, 2, 12, 13, 65, 71, 209, 217, 
222, 299, 381 
Saxicola deserti , 293 
Scavengers, bird-, 140, 327 
Scent, problems, 99, 240 
sense of, in birds, 240-1 
in mammals, 414 
Scissor-bills, 140, 251, 254, 262 
Scopus timbretta,, 117, 249 
Scotornis climacurus , 118 
Seagulls, 293, 388, 394, 395 ) 399 
Secretary-bird, 205, 231, 232 
Self-preservation, instinct of, 425 
Selous, F. C., 18, 94, 154, 281, 357, 
379, 414, 421, 422 
memorial, 421, note 
Sennar, 312 
Serin-finch, 227, 255, 293, 303, 324 
Seroot fly, 55, 77, 233, 355, 383 
Serpentarius secretarius, 231 
Serpent-eagle, 254, 255 
Serval cat, 280, 283 
Sessaban trees, 303, 304 
Settite, 14, 340, 344 
Shabluka hills, 32 
Shambe, 262, 408 
Shamming dead, 426 
Shark, 387 
Sheep, Barbary, 32, 401 
Shelducks, ruddy, 42, 48, 262 
Shilluks, 13, 71, 127, 129, 138, 142, 
168, 209, 226 
Shoveller, 40, 61, 315 
Shrews, elephant-, 251 
Shrike, bush-, 317 
crimson-breasted, 285, 324 
fiscal, 249, 250, 255 
grey, 30, 348 
helmet-, 124, 227 
Isabelline, 255, 265 
masked, 303 
Nubian, 303 
rosy-breasted, 348 
tchagra, 227, 229 
white-crowned, 293 
woodchat, 255, 317, 324, 348 
