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HISTORY OF BIRDS. 



and the testimony of a single witness, who 

 shall have seen both, will throw more lighten 

 the subject than the reasonings of a hundred 

 philosophers. 1 



i The dodo, described above, is now supposed to have 

 become extinct, and its former existence has even been 



called in question by some writers. Instead of entering 

 upon this subject, which has been very largely discussed 

 by naturalists, and which could not be treated of without 

 occupying much room, we refer to a paper by Mr Dun- 

 can, in the 12th No. of the Zoological Journal, where 

 the most complete view of the evidence as to the recent 

 existence and present extinction of the dodo is given. 



