INDEX.
Dodo, Bontekoe's notice of, 57, 63
colour of its plumage, 64
osteology of its cranium, 71
its differences from Vulturidaj, 75,108,112
from Inscssorcs, 76
from Rasores, 7G, 108, 112
r from other Columbida;, 44, 97
osteology of its foot, 100
Dronte, see Dodo.
etymology of, 16
Edwards, his account of the picture in the British
Museum, 28
Evidences, historical, of the Dodo, 8
negative, of the Dodo 27
pictorial, of the Dodo, 29
anatomical, of the Dodo 31
of the Solitaire 46
of brcvipennatc birds in Bourbon, 57
in Madagascar, .. 61
summary of, 61
Elacourt's account of Madagascar 61
Foot of Dodo, osteology of, 100
Solitaire, osteology of, 115
Forges, sec Hubert.
Frcsnayc, La, his opinion on the Dodo 37
Gama, Vasco de, not the discoverer of Mauritius, . 8
" Geam " of Leguat 60, 64
Gelinolles, Leguat's account of, 55
Geographical distribution of organic groups 3
Gnalhodon, see Didunculus.
Gottorf Museum, Dodo's head in, 25, 33, 45
Gould, his opinion on the Dodo 37
Didunculus, 40, 65, 97
Gray, J. E., his opinion on the Dodo, 37
Hague, picture of Dodo at, 29
Hagcn, Van dcr, voyage of, 17
Hamel, Dr., his treatise on the Dodo 64
Harmansen, voyage of, 13
Harry, voyage of, 26
Hccmskcrk, voyage of, 13
Hen, a, Herbert's figure of, 21
Herbert, voyage of, 19
his allusion to the Solitaire, 50
Higgin, Mr., his visit to Rodriguez, 50
Hubert, his notice of a Dodo's leg 25
Humming Birds, confined to America 3
Hyde, his notice of the Tradescantian Dodo, 23
Imperfection cannot be asserted of any organism, . 34
Indian Ocean, islands of, 4
map of, 6
Inferior facet of Dodo's skull 79
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Interorbitnl septum, its homologies, 87
Introduction to Part 1 3
Introduction to Part II 69
Kelly, Capt., his visit to Rodriguez 52
Lachrymal bone, its homologies 87
Lateral facet of Dodo's skull, 79
Leguat, voyage of, 46
Le Monnicr, a better astronomer than ornithologist, 64
Lcstrangc, his account of a living Dodo, 22
Llhwyd, his notice of the Tradescantian Dodo, . . . 23
London, picture of Dodo at, 28
Madagascar, supposed brcvipennatc birds in, . . . . 61
Man, agency of, in hastening the death of species, 3
Mandible, upper, of Dodo, 90
lower, of Dodo 95
Matelief, voyage of, 17
Mauritius, first discovered by Mascarcgnas, 8
visited by Van Neck 9
by Heemskerk 13
by West-Zanen, 13
by Matelief, 17.
by Van der Hagen, 17
by Verhuffen 17
by Van den Broeckc, 18
by Herbert 19
by Cauche 21
by Horry, 26
by Leguat, 27
colonized by the Dutch, 27
by the French, 27
Melville, Dr., on the Osteology of the Dodo and
Solitaire, 67
Metatarsus of Dodo 101
of Pigeons, 106
Nazareth, island of, 21, 64
Neck, C. Van, voyage of, 9
New Zealand, analogy of its fauna to that of the
Mauritian islands, 61
Okeaux Mem of Bourbon described, 59
Olcarius, lus notice of a Dodo's head 215
Organs of certain species permanently undeveloped, 33
Osteology of the Dodo, 71
Solitaire 113
Owen, Professor, his account of R. Savory's picture, 29
his opinion on the Dodo, .. 38, 65, 70
Oxford, state of science in, in 1755, 32
picture of Dodo at, 31
Palatine bones of Dodo, 93
Penguins remote from Didina, 35
l'ezopltaps, proposed generic name for Solitaire, . . 54
Picture of Dodo at London, 28
INDEX. 141
Picture of Dodo at the Hague, 29
Berlin, 30
Vienna, 30
Oxford, 31
Pigeons, their affinity to the Dodo, . . 39, 41, 54, 65, 72
some species lay one egg 54
comparative osteology of, 97,106, 111
Pingre, his visit to Rodriguez 64
Piso, his account of the Dodo 23
Plovers remote from Pigeons, 122
Posterior facet of Dodo's skull 76
Pterygoid bone of Dodo 94
Raptores remote from Didina 41,108 112
Rasores remote from Didina, 76, 108, 112
Reinhardt, his opinion on the Dodo 40
Representation in Zoology, 46
Rodriguez visited by Leguat 46
by Mr. Higgin 50
bones found in, 51
visited by Col. Dawkins, 51
Pingre', 64
Savery, J., his picture of the Dodo 31
Savcry R., his pictures of the Dodo, 29, 64
Size, unimportant in classification 39, 69
Skull of the Dodo, osteology of, 69, 76
SoUtaire, osteology of, 113
Soldt, Paul van, lus Journal, 64
Solitaire, of Bourbon, Tatton's account of, 57
i Bontekoe's account of, 57
Carre's account of, 58
Sieur D. B.'s account o f , . . . . 58
Billiard's account of, 60
negative evidence respecting,. 60
SoUtaire of Rodriguez, evidences respecting 46
Leguat's account of, 47
Herbert's allusion to 50
negative evidence respecting, 51
Solitaire of Rodriguez, bones of, in Paris Museum, 52, 53
in Andersoman Museum,
25
given to Zoological
Society, 52
where to seek for
them 52, 65
affinities of, to the Dodo,. 54,119
intended for a constellation,. 64
osteology of, 113
Solitary Thrush, a constellation 64
Species, extinction of, by human agency, 5
Sternum of SoUtaire 114
Strnthious birds remote from Didina, 35
Succession, chronological, of organized beings, . . . 3
Superior facet of Dodo's skull S3
Tarsus absent in Birds, 101
Tatton, his account of Bourbon, 57
Telfair, Mr., his researches, 51
Toes of Dodo, 102,109
Tradcscant, lus notice of u stuffed Dodo, 23
Treron, its affinity to Didus, 39, 41
Translations of foreign extracts, 123
Tympanic bone of Dodo, 94
Types of structure in creation, 34, 69
Van Neck, see Neck.
Verhuffen, voyage of, 17
Verkens, journaUst of Vcrhuffen's voyage 64
Vertcbnc, cranial, opinions respecting, 87
Vienna, picture of Dodo at 30, 64
Vigors, lus opinion on the Dodo, 36
Vouron patra of Madagascar, 61
Vultures remote from Didina, 41, 108, 112
Walckviigcl, a name for Dodos, 9
West-Zanen, voyage of, 13
Willughby, his notice of the Tradescantian Dodo, . 23