_Pleuropterus alternans_, 361 _Ploceidæ_, 318 _Plocepasser mahali_, 321 _Plotus Levaillantii_, 328 Plover, Blacksmith, 325 Treble-collared, 326 Wreathed, 325 _Podiceps minor_, 328 _Podicipidæ_, 328 _Pæcilonetta erythrorhyncha_, 328 _Pogonorhynchus leucomelas_, 305 Poison-plant, 243 _Poliospiza gularis_, 322 _Polygala virgata_, 366 _Polyhirma amabilis_, 359 _macilenta_, 359 _Polyommatus Otacilia_, 351 _Sybaris_, 352 _Telicanus_, 351 Pomegranates, 49 _Pontia Acaste_, 337 _Evarne_, 338 “Poort,” the, Tati River, 196, 233 _Porphyris Alleni_, 324 Potatoes, 49 Præaryan skulls, 281 _Pratincola torquata_, 311 Pratincole, Black-winged, 325 Pretoria, 6–14, 37 _Prionopidæ_, 314 _Prionops talacoma_, 314 _Psittacidæ_, 306 _Psittacus Meyeri_, 306 _robustus_, 307 _Pterocles bicinctus_, 323 _gutturalis_, 323 _Pteroclidæ_, 323 _Ptychopteryx Bohemani_, 336 _Pycnonotinæ_, 308 _Pycnonotus Layardi_, 308 _nigricans_, 308 _Pytelia melba_, 320 Quagga, large herd of, 194 Quail, Common, 324 Harlequin, 324 “Quilp,” Bushman servant, 152 Rail, Mr. Oates’s favourite pointer, 43, 89, 159, 160, 226, 267, 268, _note_ return of, to the grave, after his master’s death, 265 Rains, commencement of the, 37, 61, 71, 205, 220, 224, 241 _Rallidæ_, 324 Ramaqueban River, 43, 131, 133–138, 143, 172–174, 192–195, 208–211, 217, 229–231 graves of Englishmen at the, 134 _Ranunculus pinnatus_, 366 Red-faced Finch, Southern, 320 Reed-warbler, White-breasted, 310 Retzius, Professor A., reference to, 274, 277, 278 _Rhinopomastes cyanomelas_, 304 _Rhopalocampta Valmaran_, 352 Rock, one of Mr. Oates’s pointers, 43, 89, 226, 235, 267, 268, _note_ Rock-thrush, Sentinel, 308 Roller, Cinnamon, 302 European, 302 Lilac-breasted, 302 White-naped, 302 Rolleston, Professor, M.D., F.R.S., on Bushman and other bones obtained by Mr. Oates, 274–293 Rose chafers, 360 Roses, monthly, 8 Ruff, 325 Sable antelope, young, 50 _Sagra festiva_, 363 Sakasusi, or Dry River, 143, 146 Salt lakes, in winter, 147, _note_ Sand-grouse, Double-banded, 323 Yellow-throated, 323 Sand wasps, 363 Sandifort, E., reference to, 277 Sandpiper, Common, 325 Wood, 325 _Sarkidiornis melanonotus_, 327 _Saturnia Alcinoë_, 356 _caffra_, 356 _Caffraria_, 356 _cervina_, 357 _Dyops_, 357 _flavida_, 357 _Hyperbius_, 357 _Terpsichorina_, 357 _Saturniidæ_, 356 _Satyridæ_, 350 _Saxicola Galtoni_, 307 _leucomelæna_, 308 _pileata_, 307 _Shelleyi_, 295, 307 _Scarabæidæ_, 359 Schiess-Gemuscus, Professor, reference to, 289