_Schizœrhris concolor_, 304 Schlocker, H., reference to, 280, _note_ Schweinfurth, Dr. Georg, reference to, 288, and _note_ _Scolopacidæ_, 325 _Scops leucotis_, 299 Scops Owl, White-faced, 299 _Scopus umbretta_, 327 Sekomi, 16, 19, 37, 39, 155 Selous, Mr. F. C., 104, 151, 238–242, 266 Semokwe River, 36, 140, 143–146 Seribi River, 26 Seruli River, 24 _Sesia Hylas_, 354 Sharpe, Mr. R. Bowdler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc., on the birds collected by Mr. Oates, 294 _et seq._ Shashani River, 54, 55, 117, 120 fine scenery near the, 117–119 Shashe River, 28, 31, 147, 162 course of the, 176, _note_ Short-eared Owl, African, 300 Shoshong, 16. _See also_ Bamangwato. Shrike, Black-and-white Long-tailed, 313 Collared, 313 Lesser Grey, 313 Red-backed, 313 _Silpha micans_, 361 _Silphidæ_, 361 Skelton, Mr. H., the late, 204 Smelting furnace, native, 132 Smith, Mr. W., Dutch hunter, 44–47, 128–136 Snakes, 162 _Solanum subexarmatum_, 367 Solomon, native waggon-driver, 39, 143 Sparrow, Greater South African, 321 Southern Grey-headed, 321 _Sphingidæ_, 333 _Sphenorhynchus Abdimii_, 327 _Spilophorus plagosus_, 360 _Spindacis Massilicatzi_, 351 _Sporopipes squamifrons_, 319 “Stamped” corn, 130 Starling, Brown, 316 Cape, 316 Wattled, 316 Stone Age crania, 281 Stone-chat, South African, 311 Stork, White, 327 White-bellied, 327 _Strigidæ_, 300 _Strix capensis_, 300 _flammea_, 300 _Sturnidæ_, 316 Sun-bird, Greater Double-collared, 310 Malachite, 310 Scarlet-chested, 310 Southern Bifasciated, 310 Sunsets, fine, 27, 117 _Sutherlandia frutescens_, 366 Swallow, Common, 312 Large Striped-breasted, 312 Red-breasted, 312 Smaller Striped-breasted, 311 Swinburne, Sir John, 29, 34 Swift, Common, 301 _Sycrobrotus bicolor_, 318 _Sylvietta rufescens_, 310 _Tabanidæ_, 363 _Tabanus Africanus_, 363 _Tachyris Agathina_, 337 Tamasancha, 235, 242, 246 Tamasetsie, 242 Tamils, skulls of, 281 Tasmanian skulls, 281 Tati gold-fields, 10 River, 174, 175, 195, 196, 233 settlement, 29–36, 139–141, 146, 161–169, 183–192, 199–268 Tchakani Vlei, 161 Tchangani River, 73 Teal, Red-billed, 328 _Tenebrionidæ_, 36 _Tephrocorys cinerea_, 318 _Teracolus Agoye_, 336 _subfasciatus_, 336 _Terias Rahel_, 342 _Seruli_, 342 _Zoë_, 342 _Terpsiphone perspicillata_, 311 _Tetralobus bifoveolatus_, 361 _Textor erythrorhynchus_, 318 nests of, 117 Thick-knee, Spotted, 326 “Thirst Land,” the, 30 Thomson, Rev. J. B., 59, 61, 64, 86, 93, 99, 139, 140, 149, 187, 188, _note_, 197 Thorns, annoyance from, in travelling, 33, 35