(332 DIDIDiE. 



71. Cast of tarso-metatarsus in Oxford University Museum 

 (Strickl. & Melv. ' Dodo ' &c. pi. xv. f. 2, and Bidus 

 nazarenus, Bartl. P. Z. S. 1851, pi. 45. f. 1). 



o. Ri°dit tarso-metatarsus (Didus solitariu-s, Bartl. P. Z. S. 

 1851, p. 283, pi. 45. f. 2). 



p. 22 odd bones presented by Sir E. Newton. 



2. DIDUS. 



Type. 



Raphus, Briss. Orn. v. p. 15 (1760) (ex Moehring). 



Didus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 267 (1766) D. ineptus. 



? Apterornis, Be Selys, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 2!»3 D. Pborbonicus. 



? Ornithaptera, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 2 (1854) D. Fborbonicus. 



Range. Mauritius and Reunion (?) Islands. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Plumage dark ashy ; first four primaries directed 



backwards ineptus, p. 632. 



b. Plumage white, with some admixture of yellow ; 



first four primaries directed downwards and 



forwards ? borbonicus, p. 635. 



1. Didus ineptus. 



Walghvbgel, Van Neck, Voy. pi. 2 (1601). 

 Walchvogel, Be Brys, Orient, hid. pt. xv. t. ii. (1601). 

 Gallinaceus gallus peregrinus, Clus. Exot. Lib?: v. p. 99, t. 100 



(1605) ; Olear. Mus. p. 23, t. 13. f. 5 (1750). 

 Dod-eersen, or Yalgh-vogel, Herbert's Travels, 1st ed. (1634) t. 



p. 212,2nd ed. (1638) p. 110, 3rd ed. (1665) p. 107, 4th ed. (1677) 



p. 102. 

 Cygnus cucullatus, Nieremb. Nat. p. 231 (with figura ex Clusius) 



(1635); Willnyhb. Orn. p. 107, t. xxvii. (1676); Ray, Syn. Av. 



p. 37, n. 4 (1713) ; Jonst. Av. p. 122, t. 56 (ex Clusius) (1768). 

 Dronte, Bont. hid. Orient, t. p. 70 (1658) ; Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. i. 



p. 480 (1770) ; Morel, Observ. sur la Phys. xii. p. 154 (notes), 



p. 175 (1778). 

 Raphus, Moehr. Av. Gen. 57 (1752) ; Briss. Orn. v. p. 15 (1760). 

 Dodo, Edw. Glean. Nat. Hist. iii. p. 179, pi. 294 (1757) ; Broderip, 



Penny Cyclopcedia, ix. pp. 47-55 (1837); ? Caldw. P. Z. S. 1885, 



p. 719; A. Newt. Bid. of Birds, p. 155 (1893). 

 Didus ineptus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 267, n. 1 (1766) ; Borowsk, Nat. ii. 



p. 161, t. 25 (1781) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 728, n. 1 (1788); Lath. Lnd. 



Orn. ii. p. 662, n. 1 (1790) ; Bonn. Tabl. Enc. Meth. i. p. 166, 



pi. 48. f. 1 (1790); Llliy. Prodr. Mamm. et Av. p. 245 (1811); 



Sonnini, N. B. ix. p. 589 (1817) ; Cuv. Reyn. An. i. p. 463 (note) 



(1817) ; Bum. Bict. Se. Nat. xiii. pp. 519-522 ( 1819) ; Vigors, 



Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 484 (1823); Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. 1, 



p. 308 (1826) ; Ram. Elem. di Zool, iii. pt. ix. pp. 304-312(1826) ; 



Buncan, Zool. Journ. iii. pp. 554-566, ff . 1, 2, 3 (1827) ; id. Bull, Se. 



Nat. xv. pp. 304, 305 (1828) ; Thomps. Loudon's Mag. N. H. ii. 



pp. 442-448 (1829) ; Less. Tr. d'Orn. pp. 10-11 (1831) ; Blaitiv. 



Nouv. Ann. du Mm. iv. pp. 1-36, pis. i.-iv. (1835); Less. Compl. 



