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Memoir on the Dodo (Didus ineptus, Linn.)

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Memoir on the Dodo (Didus ineptus, Linn.)

Richard Owen and William John Broderip

108 pages~2 hr 9 min read28 chapters$4.99
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The dodo vanished before science could study it alive, so Richard Owen studied its bones. From skeleton to sternum to skull, he reconstructs the famous flightless bird of Mauritius plate by careful plate. The definitive early anatomy of a creature we lost forever. Piece together the dodo from what remained.

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28 chapters

  1. 1MEMOIR ON THE DODO
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3§ 1. Historical Introduction.
  4. 4§ 2. Description of the Skeleton. (Plate III.)
  5. 5Vertebræ. (Plates III., IV., V., VIII., XI.)
  6. 6Ribs. (Plates III. IV.)
  7. 7Pelvis. (Plates III. VII.)
  8. 8Sternum. (Plates III., IV., VI., XI.)
  9. 9Scapular Arch. (Plates III. VIII.)
  10. 10Bones of the Wing. (Pls. III. VIII. figs. 12–17.)
  11. 11Bones of the Leg. (Pls. III., IX., X. XI.)
  12. 12Skull. (Plates III. XI. fig. 1.)
  13. 13§ 3. Comparison of the Skeleton.
  14. 14§ 4. Conclusion.
  15. 15DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
  16. 16PLATE I.
  17. 17PLATE II.
  18. 18PLATE III.

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