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Plate XIII. Fig. 1. Upper view of cranium Fig. 2. Lower do. Fig. 3. Side do. Fig. 4. Back do. Fig. 5. Front view of fragment Fig. 6. Side view of do. Fig. 1. Front view of humerus of Solitaibe, in Parisian Collection. Fig. 2. Back view of do. do. Fig. 3. View of lower extremifÿ-of do. Fig. 4. Front view of femur of do. in Andersonian Museum. Fig. 5. Back view of do. do. Fig. 6. Yiew of upper extremity of do. Fig. 7. Yiew of lower do. do. Fig. 8. Front view of femur of Solitaibe, in Parisian Collection. Fig. 9. View of upper extremity of do. Fig. 10. View of lower do. do. P late XY. Fig. 1. Front view of fragment of tibia of Solitaibe , in Andersonian Museum. Fig. 1 a. View of lower extremity of do. Fig. 2. Front view of metatarsus of do. Fig. 1 a. Back do. do. Fig. 2 b. Outer do. do. Fig. 3. Outer view of do. do. in Parisian Collection. Fig. 3 a. Anterior view of upper part of do. Fig. 3-b. --------— -———— lower part of do. Fig. 3 c. Yiew of upper extremity of do. Fig. 3 d . lower do. do. Fig. 4. Back view of fragment of metatarsus of ditto, in the Andersonian Museum, to show the calcaneal canal. *** All the bones are figured of the natural size. WOOD ENGRAVINGS. Page 12. Clusius’s figure of the D odo. .. 18. Yan den Broecke’s ditto. 19- ------------ —------ figure of a brevipennate bird. .. — Sir Thomas Herbert’s figure of ‘ A Dodo.’ 2 1 .----------------------------------of ‘ A Hen.’ 24. Piso’s figure of the D odo. .. 28. Reduced copy of the celebrated painting of the D odo in the British Museum. .. 49. Leguat’s figure of the Solitaibe. 63, and Title. Bontekoe’s figure of the D odo. I N D E X . Affinitie s of the Dodo,........................................... Anterior facet of Dodo’s skull,.............................. Auks remote from Didina,.................................... Berlin, picture of Dodo at, .................................. Bibliography of Didina,........................................ Billiard, his account of Bourbon,.......................... Bird, unknown, figured by Yan den Broecke, . . . . ■ figured by Herbert,...................... ------------------- described by Cauche,.................... —---------------------------by Leguat,.................... Blainville, his opinion on the Dodo,.................... Blyth, on the habits of Golumbida,.................... Bontekoe, voyage of, ............................. Bourbon, visited by Castleton, .................. ------------------------Bontekoe, .............................. 5 ■----— Carré, ................................. ................ .....— — Sieur D. B .,.......................... • ---------- - Billiard,................................. ------------notice of, in Grant’s Mauritius,............ Brandt, J. F., his opinion on the Dodo,.............. Broderip, his opinion on the Dodo......................... Broecke, Yan den, voyage of, .............................. Carré, voyage of, . . . -................................... Carus, his visit to Oxford,...................................... Castleton, voyage o f ,............................................ Cauche, voyage of,................................................ Cerebral cavity of the Dodo,................................ Cerne, origin of the name, .......... ......... Chronological succession of organized beings, Clusius’s account of the Dodo, ............................ ColumMda, see Pigeons. Constellation of the Solitaire, ........................... . Cranial vertebra, opinions respecting,.................. Cranium, constancy of its characters in Birds and Mammals, .............. ...................................... Cuninghame, Mr., his researches,...................... Dawkins, Col., his visit to Rodriguez,................ D. B., voyage o f , .................................................. Death of species, a law of Nature,........................ Didina destroyed by human agency,.................... — bibliography of,...................... ........... . . . Didunculus described, ............................... 39, Didunculus, Gould’s opinion respecting,. . . . 40, 65,97 Didus ineptus, see Dodo. Didus nazarenus, the same as the Dodo, .............. 21 Didus solitarius, see Solitaire. Differences between Dodo & other groups, 75, 97,108,112 Dinomis of New Zealand, .................................... 6 Distribution, geographical, of organic groups, . . . . •- Dodars, etymology o f ,.................................................. Dodo, historical evidences respecting,.................. Yan Neck’s account of,................................ one brought alive to Holland, .............. . —^— Clusius’s account of, . . . . . . ...................... Heemskerk’s account of, ............................ West-Zanen’s account o f,............................ leg of, seen by Clusius,........................................ Matelief’s account of, .............................. Yan der Hagen’s account of,..................... • — Verkuffen’s account of, . . . ................................ Van den Broecke’s figure of, .......................... Kgggg Herbert’s account o f , ...................... Cauche’s account o f,.................................... 21 Lestrange’s account of, ............................. 22 Piso’s account o f, • • • 23 Tradescant’s specimen o f,............................ 23 . its fate,...................... 32 leg of, in Hubert’s collection,...................... 25 head of, in Gottorf Museum,.................. 25, 33 Harry’s notice o f,......................................... 26 extinction of, ............................................... 27 negative evidence respecting,...................... 27 —— pictorial evidence respecting, ...................... 28 paintings of, by R. Savery,...................... 28, 64 painting of, by J. Savery,............................ 31 anatomical evidence respecting, .......... 31 —— leg of, in British Museum,.......................... 31 its general appearance,................................. 33 affinities of,................................................... ^5 — - opinions respecting, - .................. 36, 65 its affinity to Pigeons,. . . 39, 41, 54, 65, 72,106 —— external characters of, ................................ 41 — internal characters of,;.. .......................... 43, 72 peculiar characters, of, .'.................. 44, 97 o 35 86 35 30 127 60 19 21 21 ' 55 . - 36 40, 54 57, 63 57 57 58 58 60 60 120 38 18 58 . I l l 57 21 89 8 3 12 64 87 69 51, 52 51 58 35 . 127 98,106 2