Oates, Mr. F., arrival at the Tati settlement, 29 journeys towards the Zambesi, 42–138, 169–191, 192–226 arrival at the Victoria Falls, 252 attacked by fever, 261 his death, 263 Oates, Mr. W. E., accompanies his brother to the Tati, and returns to England, 1–41 second journey to South Africa, 265–267 _Ocymum_ (or _Orthosiphon_), sp., 368 _Œdicnemus capensis_, 326 _Œna capensis_, 322 Oliver, Professor, F.R.S., F.Z.S., on the plants collected by Mr. Oates, 366–369 _Onitis ciliatus_, 359 _inuus_, 359 Oranges, 4, 8, 39, 49 Oriole, Golden, 315 _Oriolidæ_, 315 _Oriolus galbula_, 315 Ornithology, by Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc., 294 _et seq_. _Orthogonius caffer_, 359 _Ortygometra crex_, 324 _egregia_, 324 _Ortygospiza polyzona_, 321 _Oryctes Boas_, 360 _Os_ (_Malare_) _bipartitum_, literature of, 282, _note_ Ostrich eggs, best mode of cooking, 24 Ostriches, young, 79 _Otididæ_, 326 _Otis kori_, 326 _Otogyps auricularis_, 297 Owen, Professor R., reference to, 274, 278 Owl, African Short-eared, 300 Owl, Barn, 300 Spotted Eagle, 299 Verreaux’s Eagle, 299 White-faced Scops, 299 Owlet, African Pearl-spotted, 300 _Oxythyrea discicollis_, 360 _hæmorrhoidalis_, 360 _Pachnoda obsoleta_, 360 _Pachylomera femoralis_, 359 Palatswe River, 23, 161 Pallas, P. S., quoted, 286, 290, _note_ _Palpares citrinus_, 363 _Pamphagus haploscelis_, 363 _Pamphila Harona_, 333 _Ranoha_, 353 _Panicum_ (_Tricholæna_) _roseum_, 369 Pantamatenka, the, 243, 245, 249, 260 _Papilio Aurota_, 336 _Celæus_, 352 _Demodocus_, 335 _Demoleus_, 335 _Eborea_, 337 _Evippe_, 337 _Gorgias_, 352 _Jolaus_, 352 _Papilionidæ_, 335 _Paridæ_, 310 _Parisoma subcæruleum_, 311 _Parra capensis_, 324 Parrot, Le Vaillant’s, 306 Meyer’s, 307 _Parus afer_, 310 _niger_, 311 _Passer diffusus_, 321 _motitensis_, 321 _Paussidæ_, 361 Peaches, 4, 10, 39, 49 _Pelecanidæ_, 328 _Pellæa consobrina_, 369 Petersen, Mr., 43, 44, 59, 93 _Penthetria albinotata_, 319 _ardens_, 320 _Perdicidæ_, 323 Peregrine Falcon, South African, 298 _Petasia cruentata_, 363 Petroleum, useful against insects, 364 _Peucedanum capense_, 367 _Philomachus pugnax_, 325 _Pholidauges Verreauxi_, 316 _Phoxomela umbrosa_, 360 _Phrissoma giganteum_, 363 _Phyllostrophus capensis_, 308 Phytophagus (or plant-eating) beetles, 363 _Picidæ_, 306 _Pieris Mesentina_, 336 _Polycaste_, 337 _Severina_, 336 _Thysa_, 337 Pietermaritzburg, 2–6, 41 Pipit, Cinnamon-backed, 317 South African, 317 Plantain-eater, Grey, 304