Matabele land and the Victoria Falls

Name: Matabele land and the Victoria Falls
Author: Oates, Frank

Oates, Frank

Africa, Southern -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Africa, Southern

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 reference is given
to my new edition of Layard’s _Birds of South Africa_ as far as
published, to the first edition of that work, to my _Catalogue of
African Birds_, and to standard works, such as Finsch and Hartlaub’s
_Vögel Ost-Afrika’s_, Gurney’s edition of Andersson’s _Birds of
Damara Land_, etc.

   The following LIST of LOCALITIES, alluded to in the ensuing
   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                           23.1  S.  26.45 E.
    Bisschop’s Farm, Transvaal           26.7  S.  29.12 E.
    Blauw Krans River, Natal             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 road,
      (Wankee’s Kraal)                   20.33 S.  27.26 E.
    Geruah                               19.19 S.  26.30 E.
    Gokwe River                          22.8  S.  27.36 E.
    Gubuleweyo                           20.23 S.  28.50 E.
    Gwailo River                         19.14 S.  29.49 E.
    Hendrik’s Vlei                       18.57 S.  26.26 E.
    Hex River                            25.20 S.  28.4  E.
    High Veldt, Transvaal                26.35 S.  29.40 E.
    Holfontein                           24.26 S.  27.46 E.
    Hope Fountain                        20.22 S.  28.51 E.
    Impakwe River                        21.4  S.  27.54 E.
    Inchlangin                           19.42 S.  29.14 E.
    Inkwesi River                        20.55 S.  28.0  E.
    Inquinquesi River                    19.42 S.  29.13 E.
    Inyati                               19.41 S.  29.15 E.
    John Scott’s Farm, Transvaal         26.11 S.  29.23 E.
    Kaar Kloof Heights, Pietermaritzburg 29.19 S.  30.2  E.
    Ladysmith                            28.37 S.  29.38 E.
    Lion Camp, Crocodile River           24.18 S.  27.48 E.
    Makalapsi River                      22.58 S.  26.54 E.
    Matengwe River                       20.24 S.  27.28 E.
    Meriko River                         24.10 S.  27.30 E.
    Metli River                          22.55 S.  26.56 E.

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Matabele land and the Victoria FallsOates, Frank

History

Matabele land and the Victoria Falls

Oates, Frank

Africa, Southern -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Africa, Southern

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 reference is given
to my new edition of Layard’s _Birds of South Africa_ as far as
published, to the first edition of that work, to my _Catalogue of
African Birds_, and to standard works, such as Finsch and Hartlaub’s
_Vögel Ost-Afrika’s_, Gurney’s edition of Andersson’s _Birds of
Damara Land_, etc.

   The following LIST of LOCALITIES, alluded to in the ensuing
   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                           23.1  S.  26.45 E.
    Bisschop’s Farm, Transvaal           26.7  S.  29.12 E.
    Blauw Krans River, Natal             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 road,
      (Wankee’s Kraal)                   20.33 S.  27.26 E.
    Geruah                               19.19 S.  26.30 E.
    Gokwe River                          22.8  S.  27.36 E.
    Gubuleweyo                           20.23 S.  28.50 E.
    Gwailo River                         19.14 S.  29.49 E.
    Hendrik’s Vlei                       18.57 S.  26.26 E.
    Hex River                            25.20 S.  28.4  E.
    High Veldt, Transvaal                26.35 S.  29.40 E.
    Holfontein                           24.26 S.  27.46 E.
    Hope Fountain                        20.22 S.  28.51 E.
    Impakwe River                        21.4  S.  27.54 E.
    Inchlangin                           19.42 S.  29.14 E.
    Inkwesi River                        20.55 S.  28.0  E.
    Inquinquesi River                    19.42 S.  29.13 E.
    Inyati                               19.41 S.  29.15 E.
    John Scott’s Farm, Transvaal         26.11 S.  29.23 E.
    Kaar Kloof Heights, Pietermaritzburg 29.19 S.  30.2  E.
    Ladysmith                            28.37 S.  29.38 E.
    Lion Camp, Crocodile River           24.18 S.  27.48 E.
    Makalapsi River                      22.58 S.  26.54 E.
    Matengwe River                       20.24 S.  27.28 E.
    Meriko River                         24.10 S.  27.30 E.
    Metli River                          22.55 S.  26.56 E.

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Matabele land and the Victoria Falls

Matabele land and the Victoria Falls

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