The Dodo and its Kindred: Or The History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, ... (Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology) - Softcover

Strickland, Hugh Edwin; Melville, Alexander Gordon

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ISBN 10: 1108078311 ISBN 13: 9781108078313

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2015

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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.

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Well versed in natural history, particularly geology and ornithology, Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–53) became fascinated by the dodo and mankind's influence on its extinction. Seeking to investigate this flightless bird and other extinct species from islands in the Indian Ocean, he invited the comparative anatomist Alexander Gordon Melville (1819–1901) to help him separate myth from reality. Divided into two sections, this 1848 monograph begins with Strickland's evaluation of the evidence, including historical reports as well as paintings and sketches, many of which are reproduced. Melville then analyses the osteology of the dodo and Rodrigues solitaire, describing his findings from dissections of the few available specimens and making comparisons with similar species. A seminal work, it correctly concluded that the dodo was more closely related to pigeons than vultures, and the book also inspired others to take up the search for new fossil evidence.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1108078311
• ISBN 13: 9781108078313
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 178