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The Dodo and its Kindred Or the History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon

By: Hugh Edwin Strickland(Author), Alexander Gordon Melville(Author)
154 pages, 13 plates with b/w illustrations; 23 b/w illustrations, 1 b/w map
The Dodo and its Kindred
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About this book

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Well versed in natural history, particularly geology and ornithology, Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–53) became fascinated by the dodo and mankind's influence on its extinction. Seeking to investigate this flightless bird and other extinct species from islands in the Indian Ocean, he invited the comparative anatomist Alexander Gordon Melville (1819–1901) to help him separate myth from reality. Divided into two sections, this 1848 monograph begins with Strickland's evaluation of the evidence, including historical reports as well as paintings and sketches, many of which are reproduced. Melville then analyses the osteology of the dodo and Rodrigues solitaire, describing his findings from dissections of the few available specimens and making comparisons with similar species. A seminal work, it correctly concluded that the dodo was more closely related to pigeons than vultures, and The Dodo and its Kindred also inspired others to take up the search for new fossil evidence.

Contents

Introduction

Part I. History and External Characteristics of the Dodo, Solitaire and Other Brevipennate Birds: Introduction
1. The brevipennate bird of Mauritius, the dodo
2. The brevipennate bird of Rodriguez, the solitaire
3. Brevipennate birds of the isle of Bourbon
Postscript

Part II. Osteology of the Dodo and Solitaire: Introduction
1. Osteology of the dodo
2. Osteology of the solitaire
Postscript
Appendices
Explanation of the plates
Index

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By: Hugh Edwin Strickland(Author), Alexander Gordon Melville(Author)
154 pages, 13 plates with b/w illustrations; 23 b/w illustrations, 1 b/w map
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