LITERATURE REFERRING TO EXTINCT BIRDS. 



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1658. Bontius. Gulielmi Pisonis Medici 

 Amstelaedamensis de Indiae Utriusque 

 re naturali et medica libri quatuor- 

 decim. Third Part: Jacobi Bontii, 

 medici civitatis Bataviae Novae in 

 Java Ordinarii, Historiae Natur. et 

 Medici Indiae Orientalis libri sex. 



(On p. 70 an excellent figure of the Dodo. 

 Caput XVII. Appendix : De Dronte, aliis 

 Dod-aers.) 



1667. Du Tertre. Histoire generate des 

 Antilles habitees par les Francois. 

 Tome 1 1 , contenant 1' Histoire Naturelle. 

 Paris 1667. ! ' - 



(On p. 246. Traite V. Des animaux de l'air. 

 § I, Les Arras. § II, Des Perroquets. § III, 

 Des Perriques.) 



1668. Historische Beschreibung der 

 Antillen Inseln in America gelegen. 

 In sich begreiffend deroselben 

 Gelegenheit, darinnen befindl. natiirl. 

 Sachen, sampt deren Einwohner 

 Sitten und Gebraiichen. Von dem 

 Herrn de Rochefort, zum zweiten 

 mahl in Franzosischer sprach an den 

 Tag gegeben, nunmehr aber in die 

 Teutsche ilbersetzet. Frankfurt 1668. 



(Translation of the second edition of 

 Rochefort's book.) 



*1668. Carre, Voyage des Indes Orientales. 



(Page 12 the " Solitaire." Cf. Didus 

 solitarius.) 



1668. J. Marshall. Memorandums con- 

 cerning India. 



(In the article on Mauritius occurs a mention 

 of Geese.) 



1674. Pere Dubois. Les Voyages faits 

 par le Sieur D.B. aux Isles Dauphine 

 ou Madagascar, and Bourbon, ou 

 Mascarenne, es annees 1669-70-71-72. 



(Of this extremely rare work I possess a 

 beautiful copy, together with the map of 

 Sanson belonging to it.) 



(On p. 168 we find " Description de quelques 

 Oyseaux de l'lsle de Bourbon," with figures of 

 the " Geant " and " Solitaire.") 



1696. Thevenot,M.Melchisedec Relations 



de divers voyages curieux qui nont 



point este' publie'es. Nouvelle 

 Edition. Vol. I, II, 1696. 



(A very interesting collection of ancient 

 voyages, translated into French. In Vol. 

 II is a translation of Bontekoe's travels to 

 the " East Indies," with figures of the Dodo 

 and other interesting notes.) 



1707. Leguat, Francois. Voyages et 

 Avantures de Francois Leguat, et de 

 ses Compagnos, en deux Isles desertes 

 des Indes Orientales. Londres 1707. 



1708. Leguat, Francis. A New Voyage 

 to the East Indies by Francis Leguat 

 and his companions. Containing their 

 adventures in two desert islands. 

 London 1708. 



(Valuable notes on the birds of Rodriguez 

 and Mauritius.) 



1707. Sloane, Hans. A Voyage to the 



islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, 



S. Christofers and Jamaica, with the 



Natural History of the Herbs and 



Trees, four-footed Beasts, Fishes, 



Insects, Birds, Reptiles, etc. Vol. I, 



1707; vol. II, 1725. 



(Gives most valuable notes on the birds, 

 including the Goatsucker, Aestrelata and 

 Parrots.) 



,1722. Labat, Jean Baptiste. Nouveau 

 Voyage aux lies de l'Amerique 

 contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces 

 pays. Paris 1722. 6 vols. 



In Vol. II, chapter VIII, the different species 

 of Parrots are described, and it is stated that 

 each island had three kinds, viz., an " Aras," 

 a " Perroquet " and a " Perrique," evidently 

 meaning a Macaw, an Amazona and a 

 Conurus.) 



. 1742. Nouvelle Edition. 8 vols. 



