as it may possibly have a habitation in the wild reces- 
ses of the island, which have never yet been visited by 
any European traveller. 
The credit of most of the observations and disco- 
veries relating to this remarkable bird is attributable 
to French naturalists ;* and it seems to be a duty 
devolving on English and American navigators to 
complete the history thus happily begun, and to tell 
us whether the Epyornis still exists in the mountain- 
forests of Madagascar, or at least present us with its 
extraordinary relics. 
* The following are the names of French travellers, who have been sup- 
posed to have seen the eggs of the Epyornis in the Island of Madagascar : 
M. Sganzin, in 1831; M. Goudot, in 1833; M. Dumarele, in 1848; and 
M. Abadie, in 1850. 
