Plate [25 (a)].
Fig. 5. Outline of figure of White Dodo in the picture by Pieter Witthoos circa 1670 vide supra.
Fig. 8. Outline of Woodcut in Zaagman's edition of Bontekoe van Hoorn, 1646.
Fig. 7. Outline of figure of White Dodo in an edition of Plinius Secundus about 1643 but without date.
Fig. 4. Outline of Dr. H. Schlegel's reconstruction of the Réunion Dodo.
Plate [25 (b)].
Drawing from description of the Sieur D.B. (Dubois), 1674.
PEZOPHAPS STRICKLAND & MELVILLE.
Skull with a moderate rostrum, slightly hooked, and the nasal and maxillary processes of the praemaxillae diverging anteriorly; the frontal region flat with but little cancellous tissue. Coracoid stout. Manus armed with an ossified tuberosity. Neck and feet long. Delto-pectoral crest of humerus aborted.
This genus connects Didus with the Columbidae. The male is much larger than the female.