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able of flight, is the Solitaire (Pezophaps) of Rodriguez, a 

 small island lying about 300 miles to the east of Mauritius. 

 Its last recorded appearance was in the year 1693. It 



Fig. 341. Skeleton of the Dodo (Didus ineptus], restored. (After Owen.) 



had longer legs than the Dodo, and its bill was less strongly 

 arched. 



As regards the distribution of the Rasores in time, the order 

 is not known to have made its appearance sooner than the 

 Eocene Tertiary (the Palceortyx of the Paris basin). In the 

 Miocene period occur the remains of both Gallinaceous and 

 Columbaceous birds, one of the most noticeable of the former 

 being a Turkey (Meleagris antiquns) from the Miocene of Colo- 

 rado. The later Tertiary and Post-tertiary deposits have also 

 yielded the bones of various Rasorial birds. 



