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Berlin (1626), Vienna (1628), the Hague, Pommersfelden, 
Stuttgart, and London, the last-named belonging to the Zoological 
Society. The British Museum also possesses an undated picture, 
another is at Haarlem, a third at Oxford; while one by Goiemare 
at Sion House (dated 1627), and one said to be by Hoefnagel in 
the library of the late Emperor of Austria (civea 1620) were pos- 
sibly taken from living birds. In 1628 Englshmen appeared on 
the scene, Emanuel Altham having sent a specimen home alive to 
lus brother, while Herbert, accompanying the same fleet, mentioned 
the Dodo and figured it. About 1634 an example was given to 
the Anatomy School at Oxford by a Mr. Goshng, and some four 
years later Sir Hamon Lestrange saw a captive bird in London. 
Finally, we may note that individuals existed in Mauritius until 
1681, as proved by the journal of Benjamin Harry. 
In 1865 the discovery of a large quantity of remains in the 
Mare aux Songes, by Mr. G. Clark, enabled Owen and others to 
confirm the suggestion of the Danish naturalist, Reinhardt, of 
the Dodo’s affinity to the Pigeons; while in 1889 M. Sauzier, 
acting for the Government of Mauritius, sent to the late Sir 
Edward Newton a series of bones from the same spot, enabling 
the first correctly restored and properly mounted skeleton to be 
returned for the museum of that island, and the important paper, 
noticed above, to be published by the last-named and Dr. Gadow. 
Nearly perfect specimens exist at Cambridge, in the British 
Museum, and at Paris. 
The Dodo is said to have inhabited forests, to have swallowed 
pebbles, to have uttered a cry like that of a gosling, and to have 
laid one large white egg on a mass of grass. Hogs and other 
imported animals seem to have conduced to its extermination, 
as well as the hand of man. 
Didus borbonicus had white plumage, varied with yellow, the 
first four primaries being directed forwards and downwards. It is 
mentioned by Tatton (1625), Du Bois (1669), and Carré (1699) ; 
while Bontekoe (1646) gave a figure apparently intended to 
represent it, and another by Pierre Witthoos (0b. 1693) was in 
existence a few years ago. It was originally called the Solitaire, 
but this name was also applied to Pezophaps solitarius of Rodriguez 
by the Huguenot exile Leguat, who described and figured the 
latter about 1691. Pezophaps was subsequently briefly noticed 
by D’Heguerty (1751) and again by Pingré (1761), who heard 
