Memoir on the Dodo
by Richard Owen
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About this eBook
- Author
- Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
- Title
- Memoir on the Dodo (Didus ineptus, Linn.)
- Original Publication
- London: Taylor and Francis, 1866.
- Credits
- Charlene Taylor, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Dodo
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 75956
- Release Date
- April 25, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MEMOIR ON THE DODO — CONTENTS. — § 1. Historical Introduction. — § 2. Description of the Skeleton. ( Plate III. ) — Vertebræ. (Plates III. , IV. , V. , VIII. , XI. ) — Ribs. (Plates III. & IV. ) — Pelvis. (Plates III. & VII. ) — Sternum. (Plates III. , IV. , VI. , XI. ) — Scapular Arch. (Plates III. & VIII. ) — Bones of the Wing. (Pls. III. & VIII. figs. 12–17.) — Bones of the Leg. (Pls. III. , IX. , X. & XI. ) — Skull. (Plates III. & XI. fig. 1.) — § 3. Comparison of the Skeleton. — § 4. Conclusion.
- 2.DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. — PLATE I. — PLATE II. — PLATE III. — PLATE IV. — PLATE V [52] . — PLATE VI. — PLATE VII. — PLATE VIII. — PLATE IX. — PLATE X. — PLATE XI. — PLATE XII. — FOOTNOTES:
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