. 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 . other works; but as Pisos figure is the earliest known copy from Catalogiis Animalium quae in Museo Asbraoleaiio conservantur; MS. No. 29. 2 Historia Religioiiis veterum Persarum. 4to. Oxon. 1700, p. 312. Apropos of Zoroasters motlier, whose namewas Dodo. He quotes Herberts account, and adds (on what authority is unknown) tliat the bird Uiid numerouseTOs, though Cauches statement that it lays but one (confirmed by Leguats simil
. 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 . other works; but as Pisos figure is the earliest known copy from Catalogiis Animalium quae in Museo Asbraoleaiio conservantur; MS. No. 29. 2 Historia Religioiiis veterum Persarum. 4to. Oxon. 1700, p. 312. Apropos of Zoroasters motlier, whose namewas Dodo. He quotes Herberts account, and adds (on what authority is unknown) tliat the bird Uiid numerouseTOs, though Cauches statement that it lays but one (confirmed by Leguats similar assertion of the Solitaire) ismore probable. 3 Since writing the above, I see that Dr. Hamel has come to a similar conclusion.—Bull. Phys. Ac. 29,1846. H 24 HISTOEICAL EVIDENCES [Part I. Saveiys designs, I have thought it worth insertion here, together with tlie accompanyingdescription, which forms one of Pisos supplementary chapters to Jacobi Bontii Historiaenaturahs et medicae Indias Orientalis hbri sex, contained in Guliehui Pisonis MediciAmstelsedamensis de Indise utriusque re naturali et medica libri quatuordecim. fol. Amstel-aedanii, ^^^ -— At chapter xvii., p. 70, we read :— De Dronte, aliis Dodaers. Inter insulas Indise orientalis, ceusetur iUa quae ab aliis Cernetlicitur, a nostratibus Mamitii nomen audit, ob Ebenuin nigrum potissimum Celebris. In hac insulafrequeus est miree conlormationis avis, Bronte dicta. Magnitudinis intra Strutliionem et GaliumIndicum, a quibus ex parte figura discrepat, et ex parte cum iis convenit, imprimis cum StrutliionibusAfricanis, si ui-opygium, pennas, et plumas consideres; adeo ut Pygmseus quasi inter eos appareat, sicruium brevitatem respicias. Coeterum capite est magno, deformi, tecto quadam membrana, cucullumreferente. Oculis magnis, nigris ; collo curvo, prominente, pingui; rostro supra modum longo, valido,ex coeruleo albicante, exceptis extremitatibus, quarum inferior nigricat, superior flavescit, utraqu
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