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rewards for such; and I have consulted with the late Dr. Ayres as to the spots most 
likely to contain them. We agreed that the floods which sweep the hill-sides and the 
ravines in the rainy season would be most likely to carry any remains into the sea; 
and this would doubtless have been the case here, but for the stoppage occasioned by 
the sand-down. (Signed) “Grorce Crark. 1865.” 
The above “ Statement” was authenticated by the following testimony :— 
“Having visited the place with Mr. Clark, I can vouch for the truth of the facts 
herein mentioned. (Signed) “ WitiiaM THoMAS BaNKs, 
“* Civil Chaplain, Mauritius.” 
“The Rev. W. T. Banks, Civil Chaplain at Mahébourg, in this diocese, and Mr. 
George Clark, Master of the Government School at Mahébourg, are well known to me, 
and deserving implicit credit for their statements as to matters of fact. 
(Signed) “Vincent N. Mauritius. Oct. 6, 1865.” 
§ 2. Description of the Bones. 
The bones of the Dodo (Didus ineptus, Linn.) discovered by Mr. Clark, under the 
above circumstances, which have reached me up to the present date (December 20th, 
1865) are the following :— 
Name. Number of bones or parts. 
Cranium and lower jaw, in parts .........secseeceeesoves 14 
Wertebreeamd pelvis: cccenseeseereeepeomoseste (tees ere 30 
RAS ccdaeses cdates cate doce see sianies seeaieeaaadeatitiec see terran. 22 
Stern: sess cece scene cacteocbae See eect em sea ns ania eae see meena 2 
; Scapular arch, in parts .......csssscssceseeccsseseeceescnes 7 
MUMerus, Ulnas rads) sar eeekeeeeecearsostvastecrecces tna 6 
BEMOTA fans snp ee cecio cose coppeeh ection ie picesnels reat smnershte 5 
PDI Soacccceecvatar seth Ser apeiemese site scce ons sclosememne seni 6 
Pi ullée x, co.cc ace sae sncines viesslettsaceaeeniteat los eaen seamen reret 4 
Metatarsals' <>..sccasenecrns causioreneece sce dene ense aise eta tits 4 
Total number of parts of skeleton of the Dodo ............ 100 
The known characters of the skull and metatarsus of the Didus ineptus served to 
identify those bones as belonging to that species: the agreement in relative size, colour, 
condition, and locality left no room for hesitation in referring the other bones in the 
above list to the same species'. They belong, however, to four or five individuals 
1 So determined, subsequent sets of bones transmitted from the Mauritius, and from which I was privileged to 
select the most perfect specimens for the present memoir, got into the market and were sold by auction since the 
present memoir was in type, as bones of the Dodo. Ihave to express my sincere and grateful acknowledgements 
to those gentlemen into whose hands these lots have fallen, who have forborne their own advantage and refrained 
from rushing into print with figures from inferior specimens to anticipate the appearance of a memoir notified 
