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Snt E. NEWTON AND DE. GADOW ON THE DODO 



There are also five ulnae of a Pigeon, which could not, however, be further deter- 

 mined except that they belong to either Trocaza or Funingus. 



13. DiDus INEPTUS. (Plates XXXVI., XXXVII.) 



The new material of bones of the Dodo has enabled us to add to the restoration of 

 the skeleton the following parts which have hitherto not been known : — 



1. The median distal portion of the furcula appears to be devoid of an " apophyse 

 mediane" or hypocleidium, this region being rounded off. This may, however, be a 

 case of individual variation, considering that in the male specimen of the Cambridge 

 Pezophaps there is likewise no apophysis, while there is one, although small, in the 

 female specimen. Hence, Professor Owen's restored drawing of this part in the British 

 Museum specimen of Didus cannot be pronounced to be incorrect. 



2. Metacarpal bones of the right and left side, and the first phalanx of the second 

 finger. These bones present no remarkable features, and agree in their small size with 

 the much reduced state of the other bones of the wings. There is, moreover, no 

 evidence of the existence of those peculiar exostoses on the distal end of the radius 

 and on the first metacarpal that are so characteristic of the male Solitaire, which 

 probably used them as fighting-knuckles. 



3. The distal third of the pubic bones. 



4. Phalanges of the toes (hitherto known from the Oxford specimen only). 



5. The atlas or first cervical vertebra. 



The most interesting result of the examination of the bones entrusted to us by 

 Mr. Sauzier is the determination of the number of vertebrae and ribs which belong to 

 the various regions of the skeletal axis. 



Hitherto our knowledge of these parts has rested upon the mounted specimen in the 



