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December 9, 1851. 
W. Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. On some Bones or Dinpus. By A. D. Bartetr, 
say, that in the year 1830 a collection of bones arrived in Paris, which 
attracted the attention of the scientific world. These bones came 
collections were made in the year 1831 by the late Mr. Telfair. One 
of these collections was forwarded to the Andersonian Museum in 
Glasgow, the other to the collection of this Society, and at: the even- 
ing meeting, March 12, 1833, the bones sent by Mr. Telfair were 
Grant pointed out that they were the bones of the hinder extremity 
of a large bird, and the head of a humerus. With reference to the 
metatarsal bone, which was long and strong, Dr. Grant pointed out 
and form.” 
I beg now to read a paragraph from Mr. Strickland’s book. At 
page 52 we find: “The bones sent by Mr. Telfair in 1833 to the 
Zoological Society have met with some unfortunate fate. Three or 
four years ago, Mr. Fraser, the late Curator of that Society, made, at 
my request, a diligent search for these specimens, but all’ his endea- 
vours to find them were fruitless: he found the identical box sent 
by Mr. Telfair, but, alas! the bones of the Solitaire, apterous as it 
was, had flown away, and the only bones that remained belonged to 
tortoises.” 
In the month of July last an opportunity was afforded me by the 
Secretary of renewing this search, and I had the good fortune to 
