Dodo and Its Kindred - Or History, Affinities, Osteology of Dodo, Solitaire, Other Extinct

Klappentext Attempting to separate myth from reality, this 1848 monograph analyses the historical evidence and osteology of several extinct bird species. Zusammenfassung Attempting to separate myth from reality, this illustrated 1848 monograph by Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–53) and Alexander Gordon Melville (1819–1901) describes the dodo and other extinct birds from islands in the Indian Ocean. Analysing their osteology in detail, it is considered a seminal work on the topic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. History and External Characteristics of the Dodo, Solitaire and Other Brevipennate Birds: Introduction; 1. The brevipennate bird of Mauritius, the dodo; 2. The brevipennate bird of Rodriguez, the solitaire; 3. Brevipennate birds of the isle of Bourbon; Postscript; Part II. Osteology of the Dodo and Solitaire: Introduction; 1. Osteology of the dodo; 2. Osteology of the solitaire; Postscript; Appendices; Explanation of the plates; Index.

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• Authors: Alexander Gordon Melville, Melville Alexander Gordon, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Hugh Edwin Melville Strickland
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9781108078313
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07831-3
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Zoology & animal sciences, Zoology and animal sciences