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varying somewhat in size. With the hones of the Dodo were the end of the lower jaw 
of a broad-billed Parrot, two bones (radius) of a small Mammal, and part of the skull of 
a large Tortoise'. 
To the description of the Dodo’s bones I now proceed. 
Vertehrw. (Plates III., IV., V., VIII., XI.) 
The dorsal vertehrge are chiefly represented, in this series of bones, by three which are 
anchylosed together by their bodies and neural arches (PI. V. flgs. 1-5) : the posterior 
articular surface of the body of the last of these vertebrae (ib., flg. 4, c) is subquadrate, 
longer in the vertical than the transverse direction, concave vertically, convex trans- 
versely, almost fitting, but being rather too small for, the anterior articular surface of 
the body of the first of the sacral series (PI. VII. fig. 1, c). The difference is such as 
to indicate that only one dorsal vertebra may have intervened ; and I conclude that 
the last of the three coalesced vertebrae is the penultimate dorsal. The anterior arti- 
cular surface of the foremost of the three (PI. IV. fig. 1, c) is 11 lines in transverse, 
and 4 to 5 lines in vertical diameter : it is concave transversely for the middle three- 
fifths, and convex transversely at the two outer fifths of its extent : it is more or less 
convex vertically throughout its extent. The bodies of these vertebrae are compressed 
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 communicated to the Zoological Society of London, January 9th, 1866, and notified in 
the ‘Proceedings of the Zoological Society’ for January 1866 as destined “to he published entire in the 
Society’s Transactions,” and therefore necessarily awaiting the lithographing of “ illustrations,” which every true 
promoter of science for its own sake must have desired to see as complete as the best-selected materials would 
permit to he given. — K. 0., Jime 1866. 
^ In the quaint print, in folio 3, of the “ Narration Historique du Voiage faict par les huict Navires d’ Am- 
sterdam au mois de Mars I’An 1598. souhs la conduitte de I’admiral Jaques Corneille Neoq,” &c., the first- 
named object. No 1, “ Sont Tortues qui se tiennent sur I’haut pays, frustez d’ aisles pour nage, de telle grandeur, 
qu’ils chargent ung homme et rampent encore fort roidement, prennent aussi des Ecriuisses de la grandeur d’un 
pied qu’ils mengent. 2. Est ung oiseau, par nous nomme Oiseau de Nausee, a I’instar d’une Oigne, ont le cul 
rond, convert de deux ou trois plumettes crespues, oarent des aisles, mais en lieu d’icelles ont ilz trois ou 
quatre plumettes noires, des susdicts oiseaux avons nous prins une certaine quantite, accompaigne d’aucunes 
tourtureUes et autres oiseaux, qui par noz compaignons furet prins, la premiere fois qu’il arrivoyent au pays, 
pour chercher la plus profonde et plus fraische Eiviere, et si les navires y pourroyent estre sauvez, et retour- 
nerent d’une grande joye, distribuant chasque navire, de leur Venoison prins, dont nous partismes le lendemain 
vers le port, fournismes chasque navire d’un Pilote de ceux qui au paravant y avoyent este, avons cuict cest 
oiseau, estoit si coriace que ne le povions asses hoviller, mais 1’ avons menge a demy cru. Si tost qu’arrivames 
au port, envoya le Vice-Admiral nous, avecq une certaine troupe au pays, pour trouver aucun peuple, mfllR 
n’ont trouve personne, que des TourtureUes et autres en grande ahondance, lesquels nous prismes et tuames, 
car veu qu’il n’y oust personne qui les effraia, n’avoient Uz de nous nuUe crainte, tindret Ueu, se laisserent 
assomer. En s5me c’est un pays abodant en poisso et oiseaux, voire teUemet qu’il exoeUa tons les autres 
audit voyage.” — Le Second Livre de la Navigation des Indes Orientales, fob, 1601. The Tortoise and Dodo in 
fig. 1, p. 1, of the present work, are taken from the print, p. 3, of the above work and edition. 
