138 LIST OF PLATES.
PLATE XIII.
Fig. 1. Upper view of cranium of SOLITAIRE, in Parisian Collection.
Fig. 2. Lower do.
Fig. 3 . Side do.
Fig. 4 . Back do.
Fig. 5. Front view of fragment of sternum. do.
Fig. 6. Side view of do.
PLATE XIV.
Fig. 1. Front view of humerus of SOLITAIRE, in Parisian Collection.
Fig. 2. Back view of do. do.
Fig. 3. View of lower extremity of do.
Fig. 4. Front view of femur of do. in Andcrsonian Museum.
Fig. 5. Back view of do. do.
Fig. 6. View of upper extremity of do.
Fig. 7. View of lower do. do.
Fig. 8. Front view of femur of SOLITAIRE, in Parisian Collection.
Fig. 9. View of upper extremity of do.
Fig. 1 0 . View of lower do. do.
PLATE XV.
Fig. 1. Front view of fragment of tibia of SOLITAIRE, in Andcrsonian Museum.
Fig. 1 a. View of lower extremity of do.
Fig. 2 . Front view of metatarsus of do.
Fig. 2 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 A. lower part of do.
Fig. 3 c. View of upper extremity of do.
Fig. 3 d. lower do. do.
Fig. 4 . Back view of fragment of metatarsus of ditto, in the Andcrsonian Museum, to show the calcaneal canal.
%* All the boucs arc figured of the natural size.
WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
Page 1 2 . Clusius's figure of the DODO.
1 8 . Van den Broeckc's ditto.
1 9 . figure of a brevipeunatc bird.
— Sir Thomas Herbert's figure of 'A Dodo.'
2 1 . of' A Hen.'
2 4 . Piso's figure of the DODO.
2 8 . Reduced copy of the celebrated painting of the DODO in the British Mi
4 9 . Leguat's figure of the SOLITAIRE.
6 3 , and Title. Bontekoe's figure of the DODO.
I N D E X.
Affiintics of the Dodo, 35
Anterior facet of Dodo's skull, 86
Auks remote from Didina, 35
Berlin, picture of Dodo at, 30
Bibliography of Didina, 127
Billiard, his account of Bourbon, 60
Bird, uuknown, figured by Van den Broecke, . . . 19
figured by Herbert, 21
described by Cauche, 21
by Leguat, 55
Blainville, his opinion on the Dodo, 36
Blyth, on the habits of Columiida 40, 54
Bontckoc, voyage of, 57, 63
Bourbon, visited by Castleton, 57
Bontekoe, 57
Carre, 58
Sieur D. B 58
Billiard 60
notice of, in Grant's Mauritius, 60
Brandt, J. F., his opinion on the Dodo 120
Brodcrip, his opinion on the Dodo, 38
Broecke, Van den, voyage of, 18
Carre, voyage of, 58
Carus, his visit to Oxford Ill
Castleton, voyage of, 57
Cauche, voyage of, 21
Cerebral cavity of the Dodo, S9
Ccrne, origin of the name 8
Chronological succession of organized beings, . . . . 3
Clusius's account of the Dodo 12
Cohunbida, see Pigeons.
Constellation of the. Solitaire, 64
Cranial vertebnc, opinions respecting, 87
Cranium, constancy of its characters in Birds and
Mammals, 69
Cuninghamc, Mr., his researches, 51, 52
Dawkins, Col., his visit to Rodriguez, 51
D.B., voyage of, 58
Death of species, a law of Nature, 3
Didina destroyed by human agency, 5
bibliography of, 127
Didunculus described, 39, 9 8 , 1 0 6
2
Didunculus, Gould's opinion respecting,.... 40, 65, 9 7
Didus ineptus, see Dodo.
Didus nazarenus, the same as the Dodo, 21
Didus solilar'ms, see Solitaire.
Differences between Dodo & other groups, 7 5 , 9 7 , 1 0 8 , 1 12
Dinornis of New Zealand, 61
Distribution, geographical, of organic groups 3
Dodars, etymology of, 15
Dodo, historical evidences respecting 7
Van Neck's account of, 9
one brought alive to Holland 11
Clusius's account of, 12
Heemskerk's account of, 13
Wcst-Zanen's account of, 13
leg of, seen by Clusius, 16
Matclief's account of, 17
Van der Hagcn's account of, 17
Verhuffen's account of, 17
Van den Broeckc's figure of, IS
Herbert's account of, . . . . - 19
Cauche's account of, 21
Lestrange's account of, 22
Piso's account of, 23
Tradescant's specimen of, 23
• its fate, 32
leg of, in Hubert's collection 25
head of, in Gottorf Museum, 25, 3 3
Harry's notice of, 26
extinction of, 27
negative evidence respecting 27
pictorial evidence respecting, 2S
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
aliinilies of, 35
opinions respecting, 36, 65
its affinity to Pigeons, . . . 3 9 , 4 1 , 5 4 , 6 5 , 7 2 , 1 06
external characters of, 41
internal characters of, 43, 72
peculiar characters of, 44, 97
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