Dedication

pp v-vi

List of Subscribers

pp vii-viii

PART I - History and external characters of the Dodo, Solitaire, and other Brevipennate birds of Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon

pp ix-x

Introduction

pp xi-xiv

Contents

pp xv-xvi

Chap. I - The Brevipennate Bird of Mauritius, the DODO

pp 7-45

Chap. II - The Brevipennate Bird of Rodriguez, the SOLITAIRE

pp 46-56

Chap. III - Brevipennate Birds of the Isle of Bourbon

pp 57-62

Postscript to Part I

pp 63-66

PART II - Osteology of the Dodo and Solitaire

pp 67-68

Introduction

pp 69-70

Chap. I - Osteology of the Dodo

pp 71-112

Chap. II - Osteology of the Solitaire

pp 113-119

Postscript to Part II

pp 120-122

Appendix A - Translations of foreign extracts in Part I

pp 123-126

Appendix B - Bibliography of the Didinœ

pp 127-134

Explanation of the plates

pp 135-138

Index

pp 139-141

ERRATA

pp 142-142

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