P late VII.
Fig. 1. Didunculus strigirostris, one-third of natural size, (reduced from the figure in Mr. Gould’s “ Birds of
Australia.”)
Fig. 2. Head of ditto, natural size, to show the extension of the cere round the eye, the nostril opening downwards,
the great curvature of the upper, and the teeth on the lower homy sheath, with the abrupt termination
of both.
Fig. 3. Head of Treron abyssinica. The peculiar columbine cere and pouting of the nasal scale, the oblique orifice
of the nostril inclined forwards and upwards, and the abrupt termination of the homy sheaths are shown.
Fig. 4. Head of Venrulia carunculata, to show the great development of wattles in a member of the Columbidee.
Fig. 5. Front view of left leg of Treron abyssinica.
Fig. 5 a. Side view of ditto.
Fig. 6. Front. view of ditto of Geophaps scripta.
Fig. 6 a. Side view of ditto.
In the former the inner toe is shorter, in the latter longer, than the outer.
P late VIII.
Side view of the skull of the Dodo.
P late IX.
Fig. 1. Upper view of skull of the Dodo.
Fig. 2. Lower view of ditto.
P late IX.*
Fig. 1. Back view of skull of the Dodo.
Fig. 2. Upper view of lower jaw.
Fig. 3. Lower view of ditto.
Fig. 4. Inner view of ditto, partly in outline, as it could not be viewed directly by the artist. t
Fig. 5. Circle of sclerotic bones in the Dodo, with the sclerotic coat of the eye-ball. -
Plate X.
Fig. 1. Side view of skull of Didunculus strigirostris.
Fig. 1 a. Back view of ditto.
Fig. 1 b. Upper view of ditto.
Fig. 1 c. Lower view of ditto.
Fig. 2. Side view of skull of the Dodo, reduced to one-third for more accurate comparison.
Fig. 2 a. Back view of ditto, similarly reduced.
Fig. 3. Side, Fig. 3 a. back, 3 b. upper, and 3 c. lower views of skull of Treron cklorigaster.
Fig. 4. ditto. 4 a. — 4 6. — and4 c, i.; - ^—. Gama Stainii.
Kg. 6. ditto. 6 a. — 6.1. — and 6 i . --------------------------Geophaps SmitMi.
Fig. 8. Section of skull of A w m chlorigaster, to slow t ie great development of the frontal diploe, whicl in the
Dodo forms the inter-orbital protuberance.
Fig. 7. Outer view of tympanic bone of Didunculus strigirostris.
Fig. 7 a. Inner view of ditto.
Fig. 7 b. Lower view of ditto.
Fig. 8. Articular surface of lower jaw, of Didunculus strigirostris.
Fig. 9. Front view of metatarsus of Didunculus strigirostris.
Fig. 9 a. Back view of ditto.
Fig. 9 b. Inner view of metatarsus of Didunculus strigirostris.
Fig. 9 c. Outer view of ditto.
Fig. 9 d View of upper extremity of ditto.
Fig. 9 --------- lower extremity of ditto.
Fig. 10. Back view of posterior metatarsal of ditto.
Fig. 10 i. Front view of ditto.
P late XI.
Fig. 1. Front view of metatarsus of the D odo.
Fig. 2. Back view of ditto.
Fig. 3. Inner view of the metatarsus, and of posterior metatarsal of ditto.
Fig. 4. Outer view of the metatarsus of the D odo.
Fig. 5. View of upper extremity of ditto.
Fig. 6. View of lower extremity of ditto.
Fig. 7. Back view of posterior metatarsal of the Dodo.
Fig. 8. Front view of ditto.
Fig. 9. Oblique view of ditto.
Fig. 10. Upper view of ditto.
Fig. 11. Front view of metatarsus of Goura coronata.
Fig. 12. Back view of ditto.
Fig. 13. Inner view of ditto.
Fig. 14. View of upper extremity of ditto.
Fig. 15. View of lower extremity of ditto.
Fig. 16. Back view of posterior metatarsal of ditto.
rig. 17- Front view of ditto.
Fig. 18 and 19. Front and back views of posterior metatarsal of Didunculus strigirostris.
Fig. 20 to 24. Corresponding views of metatarsus of Pkaps picata.
Fig. 25. Back view of posterior metatarsal of ditto.
Fig. 26 to 31. Corresponding views of metatarsi of Geophaps scripta.
Fig. 32 to 3 7 .---------------------------------------- of Treron cklorigaster.
Fig. 38 to 4 3 .----------------------------------------of Lopholcemus antarcticus.
P late XII.
Fig. 1. Front view of metatarsus and toes of the D odo.
Fig. 1 a. Back view of ditto.
Fig. 1 b. Inner view of ditto.
Fig. 2. Posterior articular facets of proximal phalanges ; a, b, c, glenoid fibro-cartilages of three front toes.
Fi°\ 3. Back view of outer toe of the D odo, to show the glenoid ligaments ; a, the upper.
Ficr. 4 . Proximal, and 4 a, distal articular facets of second phalanx of outer toe of the D odo.
Fig. 5. Side view of ungual phalanx of outer toe of the Dodo.
Fig., 5 a. Articular surface of ditto.
Fig. 6. Front view of foot of Treron cklorigaster.
Fig. 6 a. Hind toe of ditto.
Fig. 7. Front view of foot of Columba cenas.
Fig. 7 a. Hind toe of ditto.
Fig. 8. Front view of foot of Geophaps Smithii.
Fig. 8 a. Hind toe of ditto.