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provisions of tlieir ship's stores. It is, however, reniark- 

 ahle that the only relics of so singular a bird, which was 

 certainly living two centuries ago, and of which s])ecimens 

 were undoubtedly imported into Euro])e, should be of so 

 fragmentary a description. This is still more strikingly 

 the case with two other species allied to the Dodo, of 

 which only a few bones are known to exist : these are — 



The Solitaire [Didus solitarius), described by a French 

 if-ailor named Leguat, and attaining a weight of forty -five 

 [)Ounds ; and — 



The Nazarene {Didus Nazirenus)^ described by another 

 Frenchman named Francois Ccmche. It is said to have 

 had only three toes. The bones which are supposed to 

 have belonged to this bird indicate that it must have 

 been twice the bulk of the Dodo. 



