Thrush, Cape Bristle-necked, 308 South African, 307 Tibakai, Bamangwato headman, 250 _Timeliidæ_, 308 _Timeliinæ_, 308 Titmouse, South African, 310 Southern Black-and-white, 311 Tobacco-gardens, 178, 182 _Tockus flavirostris_, 304 _nasutus_, 304 Topinard, Dr. P., reference to, 290 Tortoises, superstition regarding, 78 _Totanus canescens_, 325 _glareola_, 325 Touani River, 23 _Trachyphonus cafer_, 306 Transvaal, the, 6–15, 37–39 Trees, flowering, 53, 68, 69 Trescott, Mr., 244 _Trichodesma physaloides_, 367 Trimen, Mr. Roland, reference to, 333 _Triumfetta Welwitschii_, 366 Tsetse-fly, the, 38, 48, 363–365 precautions against, 364 _Turdidæ_, 307 _Turdus litsitsirupa_, 307 _Turnix lepurana_, 323 Turtle-dove, Cape, 322 _Turtur capicola_, 322 Umbre, Tufted, 327 Umgeni River, 6 Umgwanya River, 72, 75 Umtegan, Matabele headman, 59 Umvungu River, 72, 74, 83, 141 _Upupa africana_, 304 _Upupidæ_, 304 _Urolestes melanoleucus_, 313 _Vahlia Capensis_, 367 Van Roozen, 158, 159, 164–168, 172–174, 188, 231, 232 Victoria Falls, approach to, 250–252 description of, 254–260 _Vidua principalis_, 319 _regia_, 319 _Verreauxi_, 319 Vincent, Mr., 122–124, 143 _Vitis_, sp., 366 Vulture, Eared, 297 Hooded, 297 _Vulturidæ_, 297 Waggon-drivers, 103, 218 Wagtail, African Pied, 317 Cape, 317 _Wahlenbergia Banksiana_, 367 Waitz, Th., reference to, 288, _note_ Wallace, Mr. A. R., reference to, 331 Wankee, native waggon-driver, 98, 119–121 Wankee’s kraal, 178, 196, 234 Warbler, Brown Fantail, 309 Common Fantail, 310 Larger Grey-backed Fantail, 309 Le Vaillant’s Fantail, 309 Smith’s Fantail, 309 White-eyebrowed, 309 Water, scarcity of, 16, 18, 34, 151, _note_, 219 Water-hen, Allen’s Blue, 324 Wax-bill, Grenadier, 321 Red-headed, 320 Weaver-bird, Black-fronted, 319 Cape Yellow, 318 Mariqua, 319 Natal Black-and-yellow, 318 Olive-and-yellow, 318 Red-billed Black, 318 nest of, 177 Smith’s, 318 White-browed, 321 Weevils, 362 Westbeach, Mr., 244, 245, 260, 261 Westwood, Professor J. O., M.A., F.L.S., etc., on the insects collected by Mr. Oates, 330 _et seq._ Wheatear, Burchell’s, 308 Capped, 307 Shelley’s, 295, 307 Southern Ant-eating, 307 White ants, 134 Whitwell, Rev. J. S., reference to, 291 Whydah-finches, 220, _note_ Widow-bird, Cape Black-and-yellow, 320 Common, 319 Great, 319 Orange-throated, 320 Shaft-tailed, 319 Verreaux’s, 319 White-spotted, 319 Wild dogs, 119, 200, 234 fruit, 49, 89–91, 177, 233 pigs, 15, 82, 134, 242