_Falco biarmicus_, 298 _minor_, 299 Fantail Warbler, Brown, 309 Common, 310 Larger Grey-backed, 309 Le Vaillant’s, 309 Smith’s, 309 Finch, Amadavat, 321 Black-cheeked, 320 Little Barred-breasted, 321 Scutellated, 319 Wax-bill, 320 Fires in the veldt, 54, 193 Fish held in abomination, 111 in the sand at Tati, 29 Flamakinyani, 342 Flies, annoyance from, 35, 38, 230 Flirt, one of Mr. Oates’s pointers, 159 Flower, Professor, measurements of Bushman crania by, 292 reference to, 278, 283, 285, 286 Fly-catcher, Eastern Yellow-eyed, 311 Red-crested, 311 South African Paradise, 311 Francolin, Grey-winged, 323 Natal, 323 Pileated, 323 _Francolinus afer_, 323 _natalensis_, 323 _pileatus_, 333 _Fringillaria capensis_, 322 _flaviventris_, 322 _Fringillidæ_, 320 Fritsch, Dr. Gustav, reference to, 286, 288, 289 Frogs, noise from, at night, 40 _Fulica cristata_, 324 _Gallinula angulata_, 324 Game-drive, Makalaka, 233 Garden, Captain and Mr., 140 _Geigeria Zeyheri_, 367 _Gerbera natalensis_, 367 Geruah, 242, 260 Gilchrist, Mr., journey to Tati and return to England, 3–41 second journey to South Africa, 265–270 visits Mr. Oates’s grave, 269 brings his effects to England, 267 _Gladiolus_, sp., 368 _brevifolius_, 368 _Glareola melanoptera_, 325 _Glareolidæ_, 325 _Glaucidium perlatum_, 300 _Glossina morsitans_, 363 Glossy Thrush, Meves’s, 317 Red-shouldered, 317 Smith’s, 316 Verreaux’s, 316 Goatsucker, nest of, 76 Gokwe River, 25, 28, 219 Goose, Knob-billed, 327 Goshawk, Chanting, 298 Many-banded, 298 Red-faced, 298 _Graculus africanus_, 328 Grapes, wild, 49, 91 _Graphipterus cordiger_, 359 _Westwoodii_, 359 Grass-owl, South African, 300 Grasshoppers, 363 Gratiolet, M. P., reference to, 280 Gray, Mr. Henry, 3–19 death of, at Lake Ngami, 157 Grebe, Little, 328 Greenshanks, 325 Griquas, party of, 235 Grosbeak, Angola, 322 Golden-rumped, 322 Striped-headed, 322 Ground beetles, carnivorous, 358 Gruber, Prof. W., reference to, 280, _note_ Gubuleweyo, 58–62, 89, 92–108, 183–188 Guinea-fowl, tame, story of, 201 Günther, Albert, M.A., Ph.D., M.D., F.R.S., descriptions of two new species of snakes obtained by Mr. Oates, by, 329 Gwailo River, 72, 75 _Gymnopleurus fulgidus_, 359 _Olivierii_, 359 _speciosus_, 309 _Hæmanthus_, sp., 368 _Halcyon albiventris_, 303 _chelicutensis_, 303 _cyanoleuca_, 303 _semicærulea_, 303 _Hamaticherus denticornis_, 363 _sericeus_, 363 Hamy, Dr. E. T., reference to, 274 Hartmann, Dr. R., quoted, 288 reference to, 287