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some power in the " little round mass " of bone on the 

 wing, which Leguat describes as being as " big as a musket- 

 ball." These knobs have been found among the remains of 

 the birds, and Professor Newton says that the " number of 

 bones that had been broken and united during life contained 

 in the collections brought to this country is very consider- 



The Dodo (Didus ineptus). 



able, showing the effects of the cestus-like armature of the 

 wing." J 



The following is Leguat's account of the bird and its 

 ways. 2 



1 ' Dictionary of Birds,' p. 891. 



2 'A New Voyage to the East Indies,' by Francis Leguat and his 

 companions. 8vo. London, 1708. 



