[footnote] *'The Dodo and its Kindred'. By Messrs. Strickland and Melville. 1 vol. 4to. with numerous plates. Reeves, London, 1848.
The historical part is by the former, the osteological and physiological portion by the latter eminent anatomist. We would earnestly recommend the reader interested in the most perfect history that has ever appeared, of the extinction of a race of large animals, of which thousands existed but three centuries ago, to refer to the original work. We have only space enough to state that the authors have proved, upon the most incontrovertible evidence, that the dodo was neither a vulture, ostrich, nor galline, as previously anatomists supposed, but a 'frugiverous pigeon'.
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COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
Translated by E C Otte
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ABICH, Hermana, structural relations of volcanic rocks, 234.
Acosta, Joseph de, Historia Natural de las Indias, 66, 193.
Adams, Mr., planet Neptune. See note by Translator, 90, 91.